Name: Soul Food - Cooking With Maceo
Brand: Maceo Parker

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Catalogue number

TFG760912

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Purple

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-06-17

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810020507881

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / purple

Artist

Maceo Parker

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

Label GB

The Funk Garage

Maceo Parker is an American funk/jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown. He joined Brown's band in 1963, playing baritone sax before switching to tenor. In 1970, Maceo and other bandmates formed their own group called Maceo & All The King's Men. After rejoining Brown's touring band in 1973, they eventually parted ways again in 1974.
Maceo then collaborated with George Clinton and his projects like Parliament and Funkadelic. He signed with James Brown once more in 1984 for a four-year stint before embarking on a solo career in the '90s. His early releases showcased jazz influences, but he later focused on funk music.
Throughout his career, Maceo has released numerous albums and made guest appearances on various projects, including collaborations with Prince. Born on February 14, 1943 in Kinston, North Carolina, Maceo Parker continues to tour extensively and captivate audiences with his energetic live performances alongside long-time collaborators Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis.

Soul Food - Cooking with Maceo’ blends raw, old school funk with the flavours of the New Orleans school of music. Parker worked with Ivan Neville, Nikki Glaspie and Tony Hall, as well as a host of local musicians to record the songs. The funky flavour of the city weaves its way through the album as the funk father and his band take on iconic songs of the Mississippi masters such as Dr. John’s voodoo funk of Right Place, Wrong Time, The Meters Just Kissed My Baby, Yes, We Can Can recorded by Allen Toussaint as well as takes on Aretha Franklin’s Rock Steady, Prince’s The Other Side of the Pillow and Maceo’s long-time hero and Ray Charles Saxophonist, David "Fathead" Newman’s Hard Times. We also get funky workouts from Parkers own back catalogue on ‘Maceo’ and ‘Cross The Tracks’. The latter adopted by Giles Peterson at the staple song of his iconic WAG Club in Soho, London in the 1980s.

The amazing P-funk Parker has been at it with his legendary sound for time that dates back to the 1960's. That's when Maceo and his drummer brother Melvin climbed on board the James Brown funky soul funk train. It wasn't long before James coined the solo summoning signature, "Maceo, I want you to Blow!". To most musicologists it's the musically fertile group of men from this period of James Brown's band who are recognized as the early pioneers of the modern funk and hip-hop whose sounds we still jump to in the present day.

Soul Food - Cooking With Maceo

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