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Architect of Funk
Fred Wesley
to perform
local benefit
Fred Wesley will be performing
at Cleveland High School in south­
east Portland on Friday, Jan. 21 at
6:30 p.m. for a jazz celebration to
benefit local public school music
programs.
Wesley is the trombonist, com­
poser, arranger, bandleader and
author known worldwide as one of
the architects of funk music.
Cleveland Is hosting the event
with public school bands partici­
pating from the intermediate and
advanced bands of Battleground
High School, Beaumont and Hosford
M iddle Schools, C hief Umtuch
Middle School of Battleground, and
Cleveland’s own Jazz 1 band. Mr.
Wesley will also be performing with
the students. Admission is $10.
W esley’s work with Godfather
of Soul James Brown in the 1970s
established him as the world's funki-
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band, the New JBs, passes his exper­
tise along to students and younger
musicians around the world, and
lends his fire to assorted artists across
a broad musical spectrum.
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