Fred Wesley

American jazz trombonist

Person Human Q585984

Facts

13 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: July 4, 1943
Place of birth: Columbus
Country of citizenship: United States^[7]
Occupation: trombonist, jazz musician, composer, musician
Employer: University of North Carolina at Greensboro^[8]
Genre: jazz, jazz-funk^[12]^[13]
Official website: www.funkyfredwesley.com^[16]
Family name: Wesley^[14]
Given name: Fred^[15]
Instrument: trombone, voice^[17]^[18]
Member of: Abraham Inc., The Horny Horns^[9]^[10]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 45

ISNI: 0000000120207488
VIAF cluster ID: 10038794
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n92023972
GND ID: 124803873
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Fred wesley.jpg ↗
Acharts.co artist ID: fred_wesley
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000145269
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 139451233
CineMagia person ID: 135473
Deezer artist ID: 93393
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 124803873
Discogs artist ID: 29807

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Europeana entity: agent/base/66243
FAST ID: 300346
Freebase ID: /m/036cyw
GTAA ID: 1491113
HAND ID: 6D86-3C08-27F1-9015-E2E2
IMDb ID: nm0921739
IdRef ID: 157339858
J9U entity ID: 987007448700005171
Kinobox person ID: 919445
Laut.de artist ID: Fred-Wesley
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID: 4108
MusicBrainz artist ID: 5f7342e9-e1b2-4a8b-a622-c973838789cf
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000130238
Myspace ID: fredwesley
NL CR AUT ID: xx0162299
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX5091769
Obálky knih ID: xx0162299
Offizielle Deutsche Charts person ID: 2676
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803121758542
Quora topic ID: Fred-Wesley
Radio France person ID: fred-wesley
Rate Your Music artist ID: fred_wesley
Rock's Backpages artist ID: fred-wesley
SVKKL authority ID: 0318429-Wesley-Fred-1943
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 4721
Songkick artist ID: 351866
TMDB person ID: 133583
Tidal artist ID: 3669747
Universal Music France artist ID: 31699658136
WhoSampled artist ID: Fred-Wesley
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJgX8FTy4fWDGJphx6VXBP
Yale LUX ID: person/f2fe73c5-f565-40aa-b121-b62c7fa098b1
ČSFD person ID: 944602

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Mb:composer 6

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Mb:lyricist 6

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A Blow for Me, a Toot to You, New Friends, Say Blow by Blow Backwards, The Final Blow

Genre 2

jazz, jazz-funk

Instrument 2

trombone, voice

Occupation 2

jazz musician, trombonist

Compositions 1

That's the Way Love Goes

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Employer 1

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Family name 1

Wesley

Given name 1

Fred

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human

Mb:collaboration 1

Bonerama

Place of birth 1

Columbus

Sex or gender 1

male

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Fred Wesley is a United States person born on July 4, 1943 in Columbus^[1]. His musical genres are jazz and jazz-funk^[2].

FAQs

Where was Fred Wesley born?

Fred Wesley was born in Columbus^[2].

What did Fred Wesley do for work?

Fred Wesley worked as a trombonist^[3], jazz musician^[4], composer^[5], and musician^[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Fred Wesley — place of birth (P19): Columbus. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Fred Wesley — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Fred Wesley — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Fred Wesley — occupation (P106): trombonist. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Fred Wesley — occupation (P106): jazz musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Fred Wesley — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Fred Wesley — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Fred Wesley — employer (P108): University of North Carolina at Greensboro. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Fred Wesley — genre (P136): jazz. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Fred Wesley — genre (P136): jazz-funk. Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved 2020-09-25. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Fred Wesley — member of (P463): Abraham Inc.. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Fred Wesley — member of (P463): The Horny Horns. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Fred Wesley — date of birth (P569): July 4, 1943. IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-16. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Fred Wesley — family name (P734): Wesley. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Fred Wesley — given name (P735): Fred. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Fred Wesley — official website (P856): http://www.funkyfredwesley.com. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Fred Wesley — instrument (P1303): trombone. Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved 2020-09-25. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Fred Wesley — instrument (P1303): voice. Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved 2020-09-25. wikidata.org.

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10d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 93393

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
10d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 3669747

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → 0318429-Wesley-Fred-1943

"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0318429-Wesley-Fred-1943, batch #259496"
25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Official website → http://www.funkyfredwesley.com

Instance of → human

Given name → Fred

Family name → Wesley

+ 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32118: import P21 and P106 from GND (31)"

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