Apr 07 2009
Tuesday, April 7: Trombonist Fred Wesley at the Westcott
Fred Wesley and the New JBs are at the Westcott Theater (524 Westcott St.) at 8 p.m. Wesley is a trombonist, composer, arranger, and band
leader who played with James Brown’s band in the 1960s and 1970s.
Wesley played on some of Brown’s greatest hits, including “Say it Loud - I’m Black and I’m Proud,” and is credited as a co-writer on many of Brown’s hits, including “Hot Pants.”
After leaving Brown’s band in 1975, Wesley played with George Clinton’s Parliaments and Funkadelics. He also joined the Count Basie Orchestra, and released several jazz albums, including To Someone (1988), New Friends (1990), Comme Ci, Comme Ca (1991), along with several live albums.
In recent years, Wesley was an adjunct professor in Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina’s School of Music.
At the Clubs
- Applebee’s Restaurant (3189 Erie Blvd. E., De Witt) - Frenay and Lenin, 9 p.m.
- Bear Bones Bar-B-Que & Grill (83 Wall Street, Auburn) - Terri Casbarro and Robin Munn, 7 p.m.
- Club Fusion (3705 Brewerton Rd., North Syracuse) - Ballroom dance lessons, 6 p.m.
- Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (246 W. Willow St.) - Open Jam with Big D, 10 p.m.
- Iona Corners (Off Route 31, Memphis) - Mike Farrar, 6 p.m.
- Limerick Pub (134 Walton St.) - Colin Aberdeen, 10 p.m.
- Lock 24 (33 Water St., Baldwinsville) - Open Mike with Sweet Lou, 8:30 p.m.
- Mac’s Bad Art Bar (1799 Brewerton Rd., Mattydale) - Karaoke with Ormond Entertainment
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