Friday, September 18, 2009

Mr. Fred Wesley!



James Brown's right hand man Fred Wesley keeps it funky on this clip.  Notice how he plays call and response with himself.  He shoots out a little rhythmic phrase, then answers it.  Back and forth, back and forth.  Then look what it does to people, like that lady at :53 seconds in... 

8 comments:

  1. this solo is amazing.

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  2. wow i wish I could do that.

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  3. heres the other music you wanted

    http://www.youtube.com/zoot69

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  4. Hows this guy at about 1:45 in:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EsgTuTK3Lo

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  5. I'd say he's pretty sick. I like his tone and the melodic stuff at the beginning. I'm not big on the overt display of chops, but hey, why not?

    Check out this guy - Andrew Lippman at 1:56. He was the lead bone in my high school jazz band back in the day...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaLNDfhxyiU

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  6. That really makes Mack and me playing out of the John Williams book look bad.

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  7. That was amazing.
    Beech, if you think that makes you guys look bad, look how bad I look!

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  8. True. Very true.

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Keep it clean, Buster Brown!