WES FUNDERBURK

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 iTunes 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, 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.

His 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 Austin’s DARP studio among others. 

As an educator Wes has given clinics and master classes at the University of North Florida, Georgia State University, Columbus State University, the Mars Hill Low Brass Retreat, Tanglewood Music Camp and numerous high schools across the Southeast. He maintains an active private studio for students of all ages and was a Director of the 2005 Atlanta Youth Jazz Orchestra and Assistant Director of the 2005 University of North Florida Music Camp. Wes earned his Bachelor’s Degree in trombone performance from the University of North Florida and his Master’s Degree in trombone performance with a concentration in jazz studies from Georgia State University.