FRED WESLEY & THE NEW JB'S at Union Chapel, London

FRED WESLEY & THE NEW JB'S play Union Chapel in London on 10 May 2027, 19:00. The concert is presented by AGMP Concerts. The band is back to mark the 50th anniversary of the album 'A Blow For Me, A Toot To You', which came out in 1977 under the name Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns featuring Maceo Parker.

Fred Wesley produced the album together with George Clinton and Bootsy Collins. Fred Wesley and The J.B. 's were a funk band of the 1970s that helped shape the sound of James Brown.

Led by trombonist, arranger and bandleader Fred Wesley, the group included Maceo Parker, Jimmy Nolen, Clyde Stubblefield and John 'Jabo' Starks. Their 1973 recording Doing It to Death reached #1 on the American R&B chart.

Fred Wesley later joined George Clinton's Parliament-Funkadelic collective, and the band's rhythms and horn breaks were sampled by Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim and De La Soul. Tickets start from GBP 43.65.