This album contains four original tunes featuring some of Atlanta's finest musicians including Will Scruggs tenor sax, Rich Rowlinson on piano, and Rob Henson on bass.

4 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Traditional Jazz Combo, JAZZ: Mainstream Jazz

Show all album songs: The Foglifter Songs


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Wes Funderburk has performed across the United States and Europe and is currently one of the most sought after trombonists in Atlanta and the Southeast. He is the author of Funderbone.com and the inventor of Blog Songs! - his award-winning music blog and podcast.¬¬ Wes has performed and recorded with a wide array of internationally-renowned artists including Natalie Cole, Co-Ed, Gloria Lynne, Peter Noone, Freda Payne, India Arie, Slide Hampton, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Garrett, Rich Matteson, Toshiko Akyoshi and Cecil Welch. He has performed around Atlanta at venues such as Churchill Grounds, Symphony Hall, Spivey Hall, The Georgia Dome, the Variety Playhouse and The Fox Theater as well as the famous Apollo Theater in New York - to name a few. He has also been a featured performer at The Atlanta Dogwood Festival, Atlanta Jazz Festival, Atlanta Black Arts Festival, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Montreux-Atlanta Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival and the North Sea Jazz Festival.

Wesâ recording credits include Verve Records, Universal Records, Arista Records, the Cartoon Network and the Weather Channel. His arranging credits include music for Natalie Cole, The Georgia Brass Band, Georgia State University, Joe Gransden and The Piedmont Trombone Society. Wes is also the leader of the Funderbone Jazz Quintet and the Funderhorns - a freelance commercial horn section working closely with Dallas Austinâs DARP studio among others.

The Foglifter is Wes' debut album featuring some of the finest musicians in the Southeast on four dynamic tracks. The music on The Foglifter is reminiscent of The Jazz Crusaders with a hint of Frank Rosolino...