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Glenn, Dandrick ShenodNC DOCKS at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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Magnetic confinement fusion researchFusion materials and technologiesNuclear reactor physics and engineeringGLENN, DANDRICK SHENOD. D.M.A. FRED WESLEY (b. 1943): LEGENDARY FUNKTROMBONE PIONEER. (2024).Directed by Dr. Randy Kohlenberg, 29 pp.I. Solo Recital: Monday, April 12, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Organ Recital Hall. Romance for BassTrombone and Piano (Carl Maria Von Weber, arr. Martin McCain); Concerto (RobertSpillman); On Your Own Now (Steven Verhelst); Let Us Break Bread Together(Traditional, arr. Chad Hughes): New Orleans (Eugene Bozza).II. Solo Recital: Friday, November 4, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Organ Recital Hall. Sonata for BassTrombone and Piano (Alonzo Malik Pirio); Romance (William Grant Still, arr. DouglasYeo); Mr. Trombonology (Nathaniel Davis); Concertino (David Wilborn); Every Time IFeel the Spirit (Traditional, arr. Chad Hughes).III. Solo Recital: Sunday, April 23, 2023, 12:00 p.m., Organ Recital Hall. Sonatine für Posauneund Klavier (Erhard Ragwitz); The Lone Caller (Alonzo Malik Pirio); Summertime(George Gershwin, arr. Tom Doset); Concert Allegro (Alexey K. Lebedev); Fancy Free(Clay Smith, arr. Blair Bollinger); Deux Danses (Jean-Michel Defaye)IV. D.M.A. Research Project. FRED WESLEY (b. 1943): FUNK TROMBONE PIONEER(2024). Fred Wesley at age 24 joined James Brown's popular funk and rhythm and blues(R&B) band in 1968. The experience defined him as a funk legend, but it did not limit therest of his career. Later as a member of the Count Basie Orchestra, he followed saxophonistMaceo Parker through George Clinton's various iterations of Parliament-Funkadelic andwas in Parker's bands as a featured trombonist through the mid-1990s. Wesley in 1996formed his group, The New JBs, and continued even at age 80 to perform with them.Wesley also taught as an adjunct professor in the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, as well as being a visiting artist at Columbia College in Chicago, the Berklee College of Music, and other institutions. On July 4, 2023, Wesley celebrated his 80th birthday. The purpose of this project was to document and amplify the significance of Fred Wesley’s career. Following a brief introduction and biographical sketch of Wesley, ideas about how Wesley was able to earn his livelihood as a musician after growing up as an African American during the Jim Crow South. He later became one of the most influential jazz and funk musicians in the Twentieth Century. A complete biography was beyond the scope of this project partially because Wesley wrote his autobiography. A component of the document is an interview with Wesley conducted in his home in Manning, South Carolina. The information presented in interview format is intended to supplement Wesley’s autobiography and other sources that reinforce his significance as one of the most influential Twentieth-Century musicians and renowned funk trombonist.FRED WESLEY (B. 1943): LEGENDARY FUNK TROMBONE PIONEER by Dandrick Shenod GlennA Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Musical ArtsGreensboro 2024Approved byRandy Kohlenberg Committee ChairAPPROVAL PAGE This dissertation written by Dandrick Shenod Glenn has been approved by the following committee of the Faculty The Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.Committee ChairDr. Randy KohlenbergCommittee MembersDr. Jonathan CaldwellDr. Daniel RiceMarch 19, 2024 Date of Acceptance by CommitteeMarch 19, 2024 Date of Final Oral ExaminationDEDICATION This work is dedicated to Dr. Sherri-Marcia Damon, the first African American female to earn a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Trombone Performance in the United States from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She provided positive feedback to me as a high school trombonist who suggested that I had great potential. I have intended to measure up to her kind words in my career. Dr. H. Keith Jackson was the first African American trombonist I ever met who held a doctoral degree. His friendship and mentorship have inspired my career. Michael Kris, a Professor of Trombone at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, believed I could achieve more than just playing the bass trombone and supported me to become a major in music and embark on my musical journey. These individuals have inspired me to become a trombonist, scholar, and teacher.
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PublishedJan 1, 2024
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