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Maceo Parker & Fred Wesley - El-n-Gee Club (1994)

2014-03-28T17:15:02Z

Maceo Parker & Fred Wesley - El-n-Gee Club (1994)


01. Unknown 
02. Ray Charles?
03. Shake Everything You've Got
04. Shake Everything You've Got Cont
05. Addictive Love
06. Let's Give It Some More I Need Some Money-You're A Wonderful One
07. Unknown 
08. I Got To Get You- Doin It To Death
09. Let’s Get It On
10. Jb Jam Medley

Maceo Parker – alto sax, vocals
Fred Wesley - vocals, trombone
Bruno Speight - guitar
Will Boulware - Hammond b-3 organ
Jerry Preston - bass guitar
Jamal Thomas – drums

Recorded at El-n-Gee Club, New London, 1st September, 1994

Maceo Parker stands among the legends of Funk, forging the first half of his stellar career as a sideman for the genre’s forefathers James Brown and George Clinton. From being an essential voice in Brown’s horn section to helping steer George Clinton and Parliament’s Mothership Connection to platinum status, his soulful saxophone playing and vocals are part of funk music history. As a soloist and bandleader for the last two decades, he has brought his seminal sound to collaborations with Ray Charles, Ani Difranco, James Taylor, Dave Matthews Band, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Prince. In 2012, he received the Les Victoires du Jazz in Paris: a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to music, as well as an Icon Award at the North Sea Jazz Festival. ---rcmf.org/jazz-world

Best known for his work with James Brown and the JBs, Fred Wesley has built his career in funk and jazz. From 1968 through 1975, Wesley was music director, arranger, trombonist and a primary composer for Brown's band, helping to create a funky sound that's heard in much of today's popular music. Wesley helped take the funk to a new level upon joining forces with George Clinton and Bootsy Collins in 1975.

In 1978 he joined the Count Basie Orchestra and realized his jazz aspirations for which he had studied as he grew up in Mobile Alabama. He released his first jazz CD as a leader, To Someone, in 1988. It was followed by New Friends in 1990, Comme Ci Comme Ca in 1991, the live CD Swing and Be Funky and Amalgamation in 1994. The latest CD, Full Circle (Be Bop to Hip Hop), was released in 1997 in Europe and in 1998 in the United States. --- trombone-usa.com

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Maceo Parker - For All The King's Men (1990)

2012-07-06T16:47:25Z

Maceo Parker - For All The King's Men (1990)


1.Sax Machine {B Collins, Maceo Parker, Bobby Byrd}  6:01
2.Let 'Em Out {B Collins, M Parker, B Byrd, James Brown, Roger Troutman}  10:39
3.Tell The World {B Collins, M Parker, Sylvester Stewart}  3:16
4.Let 'Em Out (First Cut) {B Collins, M Parker, B Byrd, J Brown, R Troutman) 8:58
5.Sax Machine (Bonus Saxed Version) {B Collins, M Parker, B Byrd}  4:52

Personnel:
Produced & Directed: Bill Laswell & Bootsy Collins
Vocals: Maceo Parker, Bobby Byrd, Bootsy Collins, Joel "Razor Sharp" Johnson
Background Vocals: Carolyn Stanford, Arnenita Walker
Background Vocals on "Tell The World": Cynthia Girty
Alto Sax: Maceo Parker
Trombone: Fred Wesley
Guitar, Bass, Drum Programs: Bootsy Collins
Organ: Maceo Parker, Sly Stone
Synthesizer: Bootsy Collins, Joel "Razor Sharp" Johnson, Jeff Bova
Synthesizer on "Tell The World": Sly Stone, Chong Spradley
Synclavier on "Sax Machine": Bernie Worrell
Piano: Sly Stone
Fairlight: Nicky Skopelitis
Percussion on "Sax Machine": Timothy "T-Bone" David

"Let 'Em Out" is a great tribute to James Brown, who at the time was in prison. It features a hilarious rap from Byrd and Maceo, and like the first track, it's musically a take-off on "Sex Machine". Snippets of "Soul Power 74" can also be heard, done in an ultra-slow manner. Maceo & Fred really drive the whole thing, with more great keyboard work. Only complaint is the electronic drums, but they're pretty subdued. Bootsy handles the guitarwork as well. Sly Stone weighs in with "Tell The World", a low-key ballad that features Godmoma doing the vocals, backing up Bobby Byrd. Stone handles the keyboard work. A good mood piece, it would probably work better on a longer album as a sort of 'rest piece'. The two remixes differ only slightly from the originals, with the original "Let 'Em Out" less interesting percussively, and the remix of "Saxmachine" is more of an instrumental.

The album was significant as a comeback for a number of people: Bootsy, Maceo, Sly, Bobby Byrd, etc. It's a rousing and varied funk grab-bag that makes you want more. It was done at the same time (and with much the same personnel) as Bootsy's Jungle Bass EP, and predated Maceo's hugely successful jazz album Roots Revisited by a few months. Both "Saxmachine" and "Tell The World" ended up on the Funkcronomicon album, making this one less of a necessity, but "Let 'Em Out" can only be found here as a studio tune. --- Rob.Clough@duke.edu

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Maceo Parker - Made by Maceo (2003)

2010-02-23T20:10:26Z

Maceo Parker - Made by Maceo (2003)


01. Come By And See
02. Off The Hook
03. Hats Off To Harry
04. Quick Step
05. Those Girls
06. Moonlight In Vermont
07. Lady Luck
08. Don't Say Goodnight
09. Once You Get Started
10. Those Girls - (TRUE instrumental)
11. Lady Luck - (Reprise)

    Maceo Parker - vocals, percussion, alto saxophone
    Candy Dulfer - alto saxophone
    Vincent Henry - tenor saxophone
    Will Boulware - keyboards
    Greg Boyer - trombone
    Rodney Curtis - bass
    Bruno Speight - guitar
    James "Son" Thomas - drums
    Ron Tooley - trumpet
    Corey Parker - vocals
    Cynthia Johnson, Giorge Pettus, Carrie Harrington - background vocals

As usual, the best way to listen to this latest Maceo Parker album is in a situation where you aren't at all self conscious. where you can listen, dance like a goofball, and let stress drip like sand from your fingers. Made By Maceo reaches into the depths of funk and highlights the space between rules of genre. Maceo takes on an exploratory excursion from prescription and once again relieves what ails ya. Made by Maceo starts with sharp funk, the kind we all love and recognize - he invites us in (come by and see) and then describes the rules (off the hook) - but take notes, because now it's learning time. Between bookends of pure funk, Made By Maceo is a syllabus. the lesson starts with a saxophone expanding across a spectrum of riff and range. I recognize riffs and then suddenly Maceo has found a new way to tantalize me with them. And that's when i start dancing in my living room, the safest environment possible. From there is a unit on Jazz, and bending the ends of Jazz and funk to meet in a new circle. Made By Maceo is an inspiring installation in the career of a legend. The funk isn't gone - Made By Maceo is dripping in it. A portrait of evolution. ..... I can picture Maceo playing "Moonlight in Vermont" and I feel like i'm eavesdropping. It is like learning from a sage. To ignore the importance of this album in the exploration of genre and possibility (and the overall history of funk and jazz) would be like filing a jane's addiction album in folk. Made By Maceo is a review of funk, and a lesson in jazz nuance - interlaced with the fusion of both. listen straight through. Listen before you run an errand. Listen before or after whatever stops you from enjoying your day. Listen straight through if you're just feeling good. It's important because you'll walk around town with the Lady Luck Reprise in your head. and Thank goodness, b/c without notes like that, the world weighs too darn much. Maceo Parker has the cure. Get this CD. Get funky in your living room. It's really that simple. ---Michelle, amazon.com

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Maceo Parker - School's In! (2005)

2009-10-19T13:36:01Z

Maceo Parker - School's In! (2005)


01 - To Be or Not to Be 
02 - Basic Funk- 101 
03 - What You Know About Funk- 
04 - ABC 
05 - Song for My Teacher 
06 - Speed Reading (It-Si-Bi-Ya) 
07 - What a Wonderful World 
08 - Arts & Crafts 
09 - Advanced Funk 
10 - I'm Gonna Teach You

Maceo Parker - Percussion, Primary Artist, Producer, Sax (Alto), Vocals
Kip Blackshire - Vocals (Background)
Greg Boyer - Horn Arrangements, Trombone
Rodney Curtis - Bass
Candy Dulfer - Sax (Alto), Vocals
Morris Hayes - Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Vocal Arrangement
Sadie Hayes - Vocals (Background)
Martha High - Vocals (Background)
Cynthia Johnson - Vocals (Background)
Corey Parker - Vocals
Bruno Speight - Guitar
Jamal Thomas - Drums
Ron Tooley - Trumpet
Peter Weniger  - Sax (Tenor)

Alto saxophonist Maceo Parker will forever be known as James Brown's main horn man, and his gritty sax playing with the likes of Bootsy Collins and Prince has made him the dean of funk, a man who helped build the genre from the ground up, starting with "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag." That new bag is now 40 years old here, and although Parker's solo projects have never gotten the same attention as his side jobs, it is startling to realize that School's In! is his ninth solo album. Parker knows that the groove is the thing, and working the groove to death is his main goal, so being up to date, current, and innovative doesn't concern him very much, which is why School's In! sounds so wonderfully refreshing, and is arguably his most complete effort since 1992's Life on Planet Groove. Recorded in the studio with his touring band, the album has a loose, bright feel, grounded, of course, by Parker's brand of jazz-tinged soul funk. Highlights include long, muscular sax workouts on "Basic Funk: 101" and the Jackson 5's "ABC," both of which stretch out to over eight minutes in length, and Parker's vocal duet with fellow alto sax player (and fellow Prince alum) Candy Dilfer on Sam Cooke's "What a Wonderful World." Morris Hayes adds some nice counter piano on the soul-jazzy "Arts & Crafts," while the album's instrumental ballad, "Song for My Teacher," hints at what Parker can do in the jazz department should he ever choose to transfer there. The track that will undoubtedly get the most media attention is "What Do You Know About Funk?," which includes a mid-tempo rap from Parker's son, Corey Parker. Unfortunately it is the least interesting thing on the album, maybe because funk has never been much about words and entirely about making the ground shake at the mercy of the almighty groove. What you say isn't as important as what you do in the world of funk, and Maceo Parker has always known what to do. Thank God he's still doing it. ---Steve Leggett, Rovi

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Maceo Parker – Roots Revisited (1990)

2010-11-09T12:46:51Z

Maceo Parker – Roots Revisited (1990)


01. Them That Got  3:59             play
02. Children’s World  10:50
03. Better Get Hit In Yo’ Soul  5:45
04. People Get Ready  5:57
05. Up And Down East Street  8:16
06. Over The Rainbow  4:16          play
07. Jumpin’ The Blues  6:20
08. In Time  5:30

Performer:
Maceo Parker- Alto Saxophone, piano, organ
Fred Wesley- Trombone
Alfred Pee Wee Ellis- Tenor Saxophone
Vince Henry- Alto saxophone
Don Pullen- Organ
Rodney Jones- Guitar
Bootsy Collins- Bass Guitar
Bill Stuart- Drums
Vince Henry- Alto Sax

Altoist Maceo Parker has spent most of his career in R&B funk bands, most notably those led by James Brown, George Clinton, and Bootsy Collins. This CD gave him a chance to stretch out as a leader, and his soulful horn immediately brings to mind Hank Crawford and (to a lesser extent) Lou Donaldson. With a strong backup group that includes Pee Wee Ellis on tenor, trombonist Fred Wesley, and Don Pullen on organ, Parker enthusiastically plays over infectious grooves with just one funky departure ("In Time"). Roots Revisited is a throwback to the 1960s soul-jazz style and Maceo Parker gives one the impression that, if called upon, he could hold his own on a bebop date. ---Scott Yanow, Rovi

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Maceo Parker – Warsaw 2009

2010-01-07T22:38:19Z

Maceo Parker – Warsaw 2009


01 Funky Fiesta 
02 Off the Hook 
03 Make It Funky 
04 To Be or Not to Be 
05 Gimme Some More 
06 Moonlight in Vermont 
07 Funky Good Time 
08 Georgia on My Mind 
09 Uptown Up 
10 Run Joe 
11 (Encore Break) 
12 Elephant's Foot 
13 Pass the Peas

The band: 
Maceo Parker - Alto saxophone, flute, vocals 
Dennis Rollins - Trombone 
Ron Tooley - Trumpet 
Will Boulware - Keyboards 
Bruno Speight - Guitar 
Rodney "Skeet" Curtis - Bass 
Jamal Thomas - Drums 
Martha High - Vocals 
Neta Hall – Vocals

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