Performance · Production
Fred Wesley
Columbus, United States • b. 1943-07-04
Fred Wesley is credited on 2,363 releases across 729 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,363
Pressings credited
729
Albums
7
Decades active
900
In collections
Biography
Fred Wesley (born July 4, 1943) is an American trombonist who worked with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s, and Parliament-Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
2,363 releases · 729 albums · active 1969–2026
- Performance · 3,949
- Production · 161
- Other credits · 73
- Engineering · 4
Studios: United Sound Systems · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Sound Ideas Studios · A&R Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
To Pimp A Butterfly
2015
Illmatic
1994
Mothership Connection
1975
Stakes Is High
1996
Buhloone Mind State
1993
The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein
1976
Watch The Throne
2011
Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome
1977
Freaky Styley
1985
Wrecking Ball
2012
Music To Be Murdered By
2020
Pray For The Wicked
2018
Blackout!
1999
janet.
1993
World Clique
1990
Sex Machine
1970
Like Water For Chocolate
2000
Motor Booty Affair
1978
The Payback
1973
God's Son
2002
I Wish My Brother George Was Here
1991
Our Time In Eden
1992
Whut? Thee Album
1992
Computer Games
1982
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