MACEO PARKER

'Maceo Parker' (born February 14, 1943) is a noted American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. Parker's rhythmic and rapid playing style draws on the earlier innovations of be-bopper Charlie Parker (no relation), and Cannonball Adderley, mixed with Brown's own innovations in funk music.

Contents

Biography

Discography

Solo albums

Select albums appeared on

Videos

External links

Biography

Parker was born in Kinston, North Carolina in a musically-rich environment. His mother and father sang in a church and both his brothers are accomplished musicians (drums and trombones).
He and his brother, Melvin Parker, joined James Brown in 1964; in his book, Brown says that he originally wanted Melvin as his drummer but agreed to take Maceo under his wing as part of the deal. Parker, his brother Melvin, and a few of Brown's band members left to found Maceo & All the King's Men which toured for two years. In 1973, Parker returned to James Brown's band the J.B.'s. He also charted a single "Parrty - Part I" (#71 pop singles) with Maceo & the Macks that year. In 1975, Parker and some of Brown's band members, including Fred Wesley, left to join George Clinton's band Parliament.
Parker once again joined James Brown from 1984 to 1988. In the 1990s, Parker finally established a successful solo career. He has released seven solo records and plays 250 tour dates per year. His average play time on stage is more than two and a half hours.
In 1993, Parker made guest appearances on rap group De La Soul's album ''Buhloone Mindstate''. In the late 1990s, Parker began contributing semi-regularly to recordings by Prince and accompanying his band, the New Power Generation, on tour. He also played on the Jane's Addiction track "My Cat's Name is Maceo" (named after him, or Perry Farrell's cat, or both), for their 1997 compilation album ''Kettle Whistle''.
His current touring band includes bassist Rodney Skeet Curtis. They have been billed as "The greatest little funk orchestra on earth" or the "Million dollar support band".

Discography

Solo albums

Year	Artist	Album	Label
1970	Maceo & All the King's Men	''Doin' Their Own Thing''	House of the Fox / Charly Records
1974	Maceo	''Us''	People / P-Vine
1975	Maceo & All the King's Men	''Funky Music Machine''	El Cello
1989	Maceo Parker	''For All the King's Men''	4th & Broadway
1990	Maceo Parker	''Roots Revisited''	Verve / Minor Music
1991	Maceo Parker	''Mo' Roots''	Verve / Minor Music
1992	Maceo Parker	''Life on Planet Groove''	Verve / Minor Music
1993	Maceo Parker	''Southern Exposure''	Jive/Novus / Minor Music
1994	Maceo Parker	''Maceo'' (Soundtrack)	Minor Music
1998	Maceo Parker	''Funk Overload''	What Are Records? / ESC
2000	Maceo Parker	''Dial: M-A-C-E-O''	What Are Records? / ESC
2003	Maceo Parker	''Made by Maceo''	What Are Records? / ESC
2004	Maceo Parker	''My First Name Is Maceo''	Minor Music
2005	Maceo Parker	''School's In!''	BHM Productions

Select albums appeared on

Year	Artist	Album	Label
1964	James Brown	''Out of Sight''	PolyGram
1969	James Brown	''Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud''	Polydor / Umgd
1970	James Brown	''Sex Machine''	Polydor / Umgd
1972	James Brown	''Get on the Good Foot''	PolyGram
1973	James Brown	''Payback''	Polydor / Umgd
1974	James Brown	''Hell''	Polydor / Umgd
1975	James Brown	''Reality''	PolyGram
1976	Bootsy Collins	''Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band''	Warner Bros.
1976	Parliament	''The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein''	Island / Mercury
1976	Parliament	''Mothership Connection''	Island / Mercury
1977	Bootsy Collins	''Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!''	Warner Bros.
1977	Parliament	''	Island / Mercury
1977	Parliament	''Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome''	Island / Mercury
1977	Fred Wesley	''Blow for Me, a Toot to You''	Rhino
1978	Parliament	''Motor Booty Affair''	Island / Mercury
1978	Bernie Worrell	''All the Woo in the World''	Arista
1979	Bootsy Collins	''This Boot Is Made for Fonk-N''	Warner Bros.
1979	Parliament	''Gloryhallastoopid''	MCA
1980	Bootsy Collins	''Ultra Wave''	Warner Bros.
1980	Parliament	''Trombipulation''	PolyGram
1983	P-Funk All Stars	''Urban Dancefloor Guerillas''	Sony
1983	George Clinton	''You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish''	Capitol
1985	George Clinton	''Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends''	Capitol
1985	Red Hot Chili Peppers	''Freaky Styley''	Capitol
1986	James Brown	''Gravity''	Volcano
1986	James Brown	''James In the Jungle Groove''	Polydor / Umgd
1987	Micro Wave	''Cookin' from the Inside Out!!!''	Columbia
1987	Yvonne Jackson	''I'm Trouble''	Ichiban
1988	James Brown	''James Brown's Funky People, Pt. 2''	Polydor / Umgd
1988	Bootsy Collins	''What's Bootsy Doin'?''	Sony
1988	Keith Richards	''Talk Is Cheap''	EMI
1989	Criminal Element Orchestra	''Locked Up''	Atlantic
1990	Various Artists	''Gramavision 10th Anniversary Sampler''	Gramavision
1990	Deee-Lite	''World Clique''	Elektra / Wea
1990	Living Colour	''Time's Up''	Sony
1990	P-Funk All Stars	''Live at the Beverly Theatre in Hollywood''	Westbound
1990	Fred Wesley	''New Friends''	PolyGram
1990	Rev. Billy C. Wirtz	''Backslider's Tractor Pull''	HighTone
1991	James Brown	''Messing with the Blues''	PolyGram
1991	Material	''The Third Power''	Axiom
1991	Bernie Worrell	''Funk of Ages''	Rhino
1991	Kenny Neal	''Walking on Fire''	Alligator
1991	Various Artists	''House Party 2''	MCA
1992	Bachir Attar	''The Next Dream''	CMP
1992	10,000 Maniacs	''Our Time in Eden''	Elektra / Wea
1992	Deee-Lite	''Infinity Within''	Elektra / Wea
1993	Various Artists	''The Best Jazz Is Played with Verve''	PolyGram
1993	George Clinton	''"P" Is the Funk''	AEM
1993	Candy Dulfer	''Sax-A-Go-Go''	Sony
1993	Color Me Badd	''Time and Chance''	Warner Bros.
1993	Bernie Worrell	''Blacktronic Science''	Gramavision
1993	Bryan Ferry	''Taxi''	Warner Bros.
1993	Various Artists	''Manifestation: Axiom Collection II''	PolyGram
1993	James Brown	''Soul Pride: The Instrumentals (1960-1969)''	PolyGram
1993	De La Soul	''Buhloone Mindstate''	Rhino
1993	Hans Theessink	''Call Me''	Deluge
1993	Dave Koz	''Lucky Man''	Capitol
1993	George Clinton	''Plush Funk''	Aem
1994	Bootsy Collins	''Blasters of the Universe''	Rykodisc
1994	Bryan Ferry	''Mamouna''	Virgin
1994	The JB Horns	''I Like It Like That''	Soulciety
1995	Parliament	''The Best of Parliament: Give Up the Funk''	PolyGram
1995	Fred Wesley	''Say Blow by Blow Backwards''	Aem
1995	Larry Goldings	''Whatever It Takes''	Warner Bros.
1995	Various Artists	''Back to Basics, Vol. 2''	Instinct
1996	James Brown	''Foundations Of Funk: A Brand New Bag''	Polydor / Umgd
1996	Various Artists	''Little Magic in a Noisy World''	Act
1996	Various Artists	''A Celebration of Blues: The New Breed''	Celeb. of Blues
1997	Various Artists	''Booming on Pluto: Electro for Droids''	Ambient
1997	Kenny Neal	''Deluxe Edition''	Alligator
1997	Phil Upchurch	''Whatever Happened to the Blues''	Go Jazz
1997	Various Artists	''Blues, Boogie, Rhythm, and More Blues''	Koch
1999	prince symbol.svg	''Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic''	NPG
2001	prince symbol.svg	''Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic''	NPG
2002	Prince	''One Nite Alone... Live!''	NPG
2003	Prince & the NPG	''C-Note''	NPG
2004	Prince	''Musicology''	NPG / Columbia
2006	Prince	''3121''	NPG / Universal
2007	Prince	''Planet Earth''	Columbia

Videos

Year	Artist	Album	Label
2002	Maceo Parker	''Roots Revisited''	Arthaus Musik
2003	Prince	''Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas''	NPG Music Club
2004	Maceo Parker	''My First Name Is Maceo''	Minor Music

External links

★ Maceo Parker's Official Web Site

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