Fred Wesley & The New JB’s

The name of almost 80-year-old trombonist Fred Wesley is often mentioned in connection with the most important figures in the history of the funk genre. In the sixties and seventies he worked with James Brown, then with Parliament-Funkadelic, Van Morrison, Ray Charles, De La Soul and Bootsy Collins. He connects his musical beginnings as a teenager with Ike and Tina Turner.