Fred Wesley in Brazil – São Paulo
Fred Wesley estremece São Paulo com sua The New JBs, um show espetacular que trouxe na memória toda a vida de quem presenciou e viveu no tempo dos grandes bailes, os passinhos marcados e as quebradas de corpo se misturavam com os embasbacados que assistiam ao show, seus músicos fizeram um espetáculo digno mostrando alta qualidade e desempenho, profissionais da melhor qualidade. O som estava ótimo com o peso batendo no peito de quem ouvia, mesmo estando no fundo ou nas laterais a multidão que aglomerou no palco da república veio a baixo em Forplay e Pass the Peas, encontramos todos os amigos das grandes galerias da 24 de maio e comunidades do Orkut, tinha muita gente emocionada e dançando ao som do mestre que se mostrou muito simpático e brincalhão com o publico.
Quem não esteve presente perdeu uma oportunidade histórica de ver a lenda da The JBs ao vivo.
Saudades… the Godfather of Soul, mas, nunca do Fred Wesley e sua JBs
Obrigado mestre!
Fhenso

Fred Wesley – “In Brazil” São Paulo
Virada Cultural 2011
7ª edição da Virada Cultural acontece nos dias 16 e 17 de abril
Palco República
18h – Festa 011 – KL Jay, Edi Rock e Don Pixote
20h – Taylor McFerrin (EUA) e BNegão
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22h – Fred Wesley and the New JBs (EUA) – Dizer o que, simplesmente a lenda da “The JBs”, o show mais esperado, tocou e criou arranjos para muitos feras da musica, Lionel Hampton, Vanessa Williams, Ray Charles, Randy Crawford, The SOS Band, Cameo, e muitos outros, sem dizer que foi líder da The JBs com James Brown no comando, passou uma temporada com George Clinton e seus projetos (Parliament/Funkadelic) e por fim a New JBs. Quem ficar de fora vai perder uma oportunidade única de sentir o clima dos anos do Original Funk Music!
00h – Toni Tornado e Dom Salvador + Abolição – Releitura do dois discos BR-3 e Toni Tornado 1974 com de Don Salvador e Abolição, dizer o que deste show…… só sair dançando.
02h – Dumpstaphunk (EUA) – Ivan Neville, filho do mestre Aaron Neville, amigo pessoal de Fats Domino, e multi-instrumentista, JazzFunk de ultra-qualidade, imperdível.
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04h – Di Melo – Recifense, mas figurou na cena paulistana, tocou muito na noite paulista, (Jorgral) vivia nos bares da capital, depois de tempos descansando promete arrepiar com seus Grooves tortos e Samba-rock de qualidade.
“Meu som não deixa nada a desejar para o que houve, há, e, haverá no mercado musical. Digo, repito, atesto, e, assino embaixo, sem medo de errar e sem falsa modéstia. É muito swing, balanço, molho, charme e malemolência, pois nem Santo Antonio com gancho consegue segurar, nem o boato ou disse-me-disse de que eu havia morrido de desastre de moto. Se esqueceram de uma coisa: que eu sou imorrível!” Di Melo.
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06h – Instrumental Explosion – Incendiary Funk and R&B Instrumentals 1966-1973
– Isso sim que chamo de RareGrooveFunk é o “diabo virado nas quatro patas” Puta metalera no cucuruco, quem conhece sabe do que estou falando, se não conhece procure o disco de 2004.
*It has the screeching Hammonds, horns, flutes, hip talking over grooves (maybe not strictly instrumental – though the credits would have read ‘instrumental with speech’), mumbles and a few vocal chants. Not a song in sight. Over at BGP, Dean Rudland has dug deep to find the unreleased and obscure tunes but have also – in traditional “Superfunk” style – dug out some well-loved classics that have never or rarely been issued before.*
08h – Monarco
10h – Riachão
12h – Paulo Miklos e Quinteto em Branco e Preto: Noel
14h – Leandro Lehart (Maior Bateria do Mundo)
16h – Mart’nália
18h – Paulinho da Viola e Orquestra de Cordas de Curitiba
More Infos: http://www.viradacultural.org/
Comentários Fhenso.
Estaremos todos por lá é só chegar e bater um papo!
Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley

Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943) is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.
Wesley was born in Columbus, Georgia, the son of a high school teacher and big band leader. During the 1960s and 1970s he was a pivotal member of James Brown’s bands, playing on many hit recordings including “Say it Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud”, “Mother Popcorn” and co-writing tunes such as “Hot Pants”. His slippery riffs and pungent, precise solos, complementing those of saxophonist Maceo Parker, gave Brown’s R&B, soul, and funk tunes their instrumental punch. In the 1970s he also served as band leader and musical director of Brown’s band the J.B.’s and did much of the composing and arranging for the group. He left Brown’s band in 1975 and spent several years playing with George Clinton’s various Parliament/Funkadelic projects, even recording a couple of albums as the leader of a spin-off group, The Horny Horns.
Wesley became a force in jazz in 1978 when he joined the Count Basie Orchestra. He released his first jazz album as a leader, To Someone in 1988. It was followed by New Friends in 1990, Comme Ci Comme Ca in 1991, the live album Swing and Be Funky, and Amalgamation in 1994.
In the early nineties Wesley toured with his colleagues from the James Brown band, Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker, as the JB Horns. With the departure of Ellis the band became The Maceo Parker Band. Wesley was featured trombonist with Parker until 1996 when he formed his own band, The Fred Wesley Group.
Wesley’s 35-year career includes playing with and arranging for a wide variety of other artist such as Ray Charles, Lionel Hampton, Randy Crawford, Vanessa Williams, The SOS Band, Cameo, Van Morrison, Socalled and rappers De La Soul, to name a few. Many other artists have sampled his work.
In 2002 Wesley wrote Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman (ISBN 0-8223-2909-3), an autobiography about his life as a sideman. Also in 2002 he recorded an album entitled Cuda Wuda Shuda with a group of jazz musicians calling themselves the Fred Wesley Band.
Wesley served as an adjunct professor in the Jazz Studies department of the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 2004 to 2006.
With A Little Help From My Friends
Mais uma paulada nos ouvidos, este disco chegou ainda inedito e quem me enviou pediu para esperar sair lá fora antes de postar, portanto depois de quase 2 meses esperando é chegada a hora, disco pra curtir do inicio ao fim.
Fred Wesley
With A Little Help From My Friends
Tracklist
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01. Spring like
02. Swedish funkballs
03. Beautiful
04. Ashes to ashes
05. Palms up
06. Homeboy
07. Obamaloo
08. Everywhere is out of town
09. Peace fugue
Fred Wesley – Greyboy Allstars-West Coast Boogaloo

In 1995, The Greyboy Allstars teamed up with reknowned funk trombonist Fred Wesley to record their first album, West Coast Boogaloo. The group then recorded a live album in 1997. Their latest release, A Town Called Earth, was issued on their own Greyboy Records label in late 1997.
The Greyboy Allstars:
Karl Denson (vocals, soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, flute)
Harold Todd (tenor saxophone, flute)
Robert Walter (electric piano, organ)
Elgin Park (guitar)
Chris Stillwell (bass)
Zak Najor (drums)
Craig Levitz (percussion.
Fred Wesley – Greyboy Allstars-West Coast Boogaloo
Soul Dream
Let the Music Take Your Mind
Fried Grease
Fire-Eater
Tenor Man
Miss Riverside
Gravee
The Browns At Home
Fred Wesley & The New J.B.’s – Let It Flow – Fred Wesley’s Tribute to James Brown (2010)

01 – Funk For Your Ass
02 – Out Of Sight
03 – I Got The Feelin’
04 – Hippity Hobbit
05 – Crazy
06 – Livin’ In America
07 – I’m Gonna Getcha
08 – Sex Machine
09 – Psyco Path
10 – Let It Flow
Fred Wesley The Horny Horns – Vinil
Fred Wesley The Horny Horns – Vinil
Não tenho muito o que dizer deste disco apenas leiam a nota e vejam quem participa do disco, fiz questão de trazer completo pra deixar os alucinados ( colecionadores ) com água na boca, ainda não vi por ai, mas daqui a pouco vai rolar nos blogs parceiros. Esse post merece coments….

Notes:
“Up For The Down Stroke” written by W.Collins/B.Worrell/G.Clinton
“A Blow For Me, A Toot To You” written by G.Clinton/W.Collins/F.Wesley
“When In Doubt: Vamp” written by G.Clinton/G.Shider/B.Worrell
“Between Two Sheets” written by G.Clinton/W.Collins/M.Parker
“Four Play” written by G.Clinton/W.Collins/G.Goins
“Peace Fugue” written by F.Wesley

Credits: Bass – Bootsy Collins
Drums – Bootsy Collins , Frank Waddy , Jerome Brailey
Engineer – Jim Callon , Jim Vitti
Guitar – Bootsy Collins , Catfish Collins , Garry Shider , Glen Goins , Michael Hampton
Horns – Michael Brecker , Randy Brecker
Keyboards, Synthesizer – Bernie Worrell
Producer – Bootsy Collins , George Clinton
Saxophone [Tenor, Alto] – Maceo Parker
Trombone – Fred Wesley
Trumpet – Richard Griffith , Rick Gardner
Vocals – Bernie Worrell , Bootsy Collins , Catfish Collins , Dawn Silva , Fred Wesley , Gary Mudbone Cooper , George Clinton , Lynn Mabry , Maceo Parker , Randy Crawford , Richard Griffith , Rick Gardner , Robert “P-Nut” Johnson , Taka Kahn


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Fred Wesley And The JB’s – Damn Right I Am Somebody 1974
Fred Wesley And The JB’s – Damn Right I Am Somebody 1974

1. Damn Right I Am Somebody
2. Blow Your Head
3. I’m Payin’ Taxes, What Am I Buyin’ – Fred Wesley & the J.B.’s
4. Same Beat, Pt. 1 – Fred Wesley & the J.B.’s
5. If You Don’t Get It the First Time, Back Up & Try It Again, Parrty
6. Make We What You Want Me to Be
7. Going to Get a Thrill
8. You Sure Love to Ball
The JBS Horns – Funky Good Time / Live (1993)

Durante os anos 80 e 90 Maceo Parker e Fred Wesley fizeram turnês sob o nome de The JB Horns, às vezes acompanhados de outro braço-direito de Brown: Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis. Os JB Horns gravaram diversos discos para a Gramavision Records que mais tarde foram relançados pela Rhino Records. Também gravaram outro álbum com os produtores Jeff McCray e Richard Mazda chamado I Like It Like That.
Nesse disco damos destaque as faixas House Party e a classica Soul Power.
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Fred Wesley – Wuda Cuba Suda
Fred Wesley – Wuda Cuba Suda
Para tudo e escutem este disco no volume Maximo!!!

Fred Wesley – Wuda Cuba Suda
Getcho Money Ready
Geek Goom
The Ballad Of Beulah Baptist
Wuda Cuda Shuda
I Love You Like A Brother
Can’t Leave It Alone
El Paso
Andrea
Get Down Widcho Baad Self
Ernie’s Bag
Email For Dad
Programa Original Funk Music
Hoje o segundo programa “ORIGINAL FUNK MUSIC” com os clássicos das décadas de ouro da DISCO MUSIC, SOUL e FUNK dos 60,70 e 80 .
Programa: ORIGINAL FUNK MUSIC
Horário: 10:00 às 11:00
Todo Domingo
Apresentação:
Fhenso Funk Music & Convidados
Aqui na PRIVILEGE WEB RÁDIO.
Música de Qualidade pela Internet .
ACESSE: www.privilegewebradio.com
SOUL SOUTH – Acid Afro Jazz Brasilis !
Psicodelia no Original, presente do brother Guilherme
Visite: http://soundcloud.com/soulsouth
SOUL SOUTH – Acid Afro Jazz Brasilis !
playlist
1- Verde e amarelo – o caminho do samba (parte1)
2- The Psychedelic aliens – Blofonyobi wo atale
3- Afrodisia Vol 1 – Track 09
4- Jabu morales – sendeiro mestiço
5- Pucho & his latin soul brothers -( Pulp Fusion vol 1 ) usar iceverb do menos ate o maximo antes do estouro e virar no final normal
6- Peter King – Ajo
7- Os mutuantes – ando meio desligado
8- Gianfranco Plenizio – grigiop
9- Kongas – anikana- o – africafunk vol 2
10 -Verde e Amarelo – O caminho do samba (parte2)
Thank´s Brother


