Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman Jazzy Hip-Hop and crate-digger classics

and crate-digger classics

including “The Magic Number

The Cover Art of Blue Note Records is Graham Marsh and Glyn Callingham's classic collection of the finest record sleeves produced by the celebrated Blue Note record label

moves front and center to tell his life story

Release Date: May 19

Hit Me, Fred: Recollections of a Sideman Jazzy Hip-Hop and crate-digger classicsWith Hit Me, Fred, sensational sideman Fred Wesley Jr. moves front and center to tell his life story. A legendary funk, soul, and jazz musician, Wesley is best known for his work in the late sixties and early seventies with James Brown and as the leader of Browns band, Fred Wesley and the JBs. Having been the bands music director, arranger, trombone player, and frequent composer, Wesley is one of the original architects of funk music. He describes