Fred Wesley & the New JBs

A jazzman at heart, Fred is a veteran of Count Basie’s orchestra and also is famed for his work with Ray Charles, Van Morrison & Cameo, and with cohorts Maceo Parker and Pee Wee Ellis as part of the classic JB Horns, who performed with other artists such as Lenny Kravitz, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and many more.

Fred Wesley is responsible for many rare groove anthems such as “House Party,” “Blow Your Head,” “Use Me,” “Same Beat,” “Rockin’ Funky Watergate,“ “Damn Right I Am Somebody,” “J.B. Shout,” “I’m Payin’ Taxes, What Am I Buyin’,” “Breakin’ Bread, “(It’s Not The Express) It’s The JB’s Monaurail,“ “Watermelon Man,” “Doing It To Death,” “You Can Have Watergate, Just Gimme Some Bucks and I’ll Be Straight,” More Peas,” “Get on the Good Foot,” “Four Play,” “Up for the Down Stroke,” and “We came to Funk Ya.”

He has recorded a dozen solo albums including the cult favourite “House Party,” and his latest, “From The Blues and Back.”