Maceo Parker:
November 1998 |
(Featuring Will Boulware)
Aberdeen | Music Hall | Wednesday | 25th November |
Glasgow | The Arches | Thursday | 26th November |
Edinburgh | Liquid Room | Friday | 27th November |
Maceo Parker | Vocals and Alto Saxophone |
Corey Parker | Rap Vocal |
Fred Wesley | Trombone |
Ron Tooley | Trumpet |
Vincent Henry | Temor Saxophone |
Bruno Speight | Guitar |
Will Boulware | Hammond B3 Organ |
Jerry Preston | Bass Guitar |
Jamals Thomas | Drums |
Karia Dio Guardi | Backing Vocals |
Diann Sorell | Backing Vocals |
"Maceo! Blow your horn!" That's how James Brown would dynamically signal his favourite horn player to take another stinging sax solo. Maceo never once let his boss down. Parker's jabbing workouts in the midst of "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" and "Cold Sweat" made him a household name among '60s funk fans.
Now Maceo is a star in his own right. His recent Verve albums "Roots Revisited" and "Mo Roots" impeccably spotlight his soul-drenched alto sax on a sizzling hybrid of funk, R & B and jazz. He's brought alon his ex-section mates from Brown's band, trombonist Fred Wesley and saxist Pee Wee Ellis to stoke the almighty groove.
The North Carolina product quit Brown several times. Along with his bandmates, Parker mutinied in 1970 to form Maceo and All the King's Men, only to return to the fold three years later. Later in the decade, he worked with Parliament / Funkadelic and Bootsy's Rubber Band. But, when Brown was incarcerated, Parker was there for him, releasing a rap song that urged the Godfather of Soul's immediate freedom.
In 1990 the album "Roots Revisited" topped the Billboard Jazz Chart for two months. In addition, Parker was named "Best Jazz Artist Of The Year" by Rolling Stone magazine. Recently, Parker's latest album "Maceo" was released (accompanying the concert film of the same name)
Will Boulware, Maceo's Hammond player will use Vintage Hammond Hire's Hammond B3 and two Leslie 147's.
Vintage Hammond Hire (Scotland) is looking forward to working with Maceo and Will.
Maceo Parker has been a personal favourite of mine for many years. It has been said by many that Maceo "invented" funk. He, with James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone must be counted as one of the funkiest "mutha's" on the mothership.
Maceo uses a Selmer Mk VI alto. He has two of them, one gold plated. He uses a Brilhart "Ebolin" mouthpiece #5.
NEW ALBUM
Out Now!
Recorded in New York, this album is certainly his best performance since the legendary concert "Life in Planet Groove". With his band, featuring both his son Corey (Rap) and his long-time fellow-musician Fred Wesley (trombone), Maceo Parker shows up with a new sound and new influences.
Without no doubt, he is "Funkoverload"
Links:
Maceo Parker's web site: http://www.unimedia.fr/sf/maceo/induxus.htm
The New Funk Times Home Page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Pjebsen/
Funk Links Central: http://nettown.com/groovejuicer/flc.htm
Funkadelick: http://www.suba.com/~savand/funkadel.htm
P-Funk review: http://pages.prodigy.com/funk/index.htm
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