Fred Wesley

US trombonist Fred Wesley was born in 1943, the son of a high school teacher and big band leader. Like Alfred , his first love was jazz, until he joined the Ike and Tina Turner Revue in 1962. A brief period with Hank Ballard and the Midnighters and Army service preceded his first term with James Brown and his original band (1968-70); a brief Los Angeles period led to a second stint (1971-75) with the Godfather of Sou…