The Louis Satchmo Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp is proud to announce the addition of legendary trombonist Fred Wesley as this year’s Artist-In-Residence. The announcement was made at 10 a.m. on Monday, ...

Fred Wesley & The New JB's are the primary keepers of roots funk music. Wesley, one of the forefathers of funk, is the legendary bandleader, trombonist who helped make James Brown's music what it was ...

In the late ’60s, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, had a radical break with his orchestra, which quit over a pay dispute. In its place, Brown hired some fiery teenagers from Cincinnati, bassist ...

The Teskey Brothers will headline a special tenth-anniversary concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl as part of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival second lineup announcement.

When the Godfather of Soul decided he wanted to be the king of funk in the ’60s, he hired a young trombone player who would not only redefine how that instrument was played but be instrumental in the ...

ATLANTA -- Trombonist Fred Wesley helped create the blueprint for funk music. His precise, catchy brass riffs and solo performances were core elements on songs by some of funk's most prominent ...

With storms in the New Orleans forecast Thursday, Jazz Fest organizers condensed the day's lineup to move many of the headliners up to early afternoon start times and close the Fair Grounds before the ...

Steve Inskeep talks with Fred Wesley Jr., long time sideman and band director for the James Brown Band. Wesley's autobiography is Hit Me Fred: Recollections of a Sideman. (Duke University Press ISBN ...