MP3 Exclusives New Arrivals   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Metal Pop Punk R&B Rap/Hip Hop Reggae Rock   Top Downloads Features Archive Contests Control Panel MUSICBLITZ Alert!   BLITZMart METALBLITZ REGGAEBLITZ BLUESBLITZ Musician's Friend   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Hip Hop Metal Pop Punk R&B Reggae Rock   Getting Started Free Players	Welcome !      Maceo Parker If he'd never performed outside James Brown's JBs, saxman Maceo Parker would still have an indelible place in funk history. Brown's main man with the horn, Parker's stuttering, start-and-stop-on-a-dime solos were an integral part of classic Brown sides like "Cold Sweat," which changed R&B -- and pop music -- forever. But Parker has also made quite a name for himself away from Brown's long shadow, becoming a favorite on the jam band circuit in recent years and working with the music industry's creme de la crème on his own records. As the story goes, the North Carolina native only got his long-running gig with Brown in the early '60s because J.B. really wanted to add his brother, drummer Melvin Parker, to the band. Despite leaving the J.B.s several times -- sometimes in the company of the rest of the band's horn section, trombonist Fred Wesley and saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis -- Maceo's always kept his ties to Brown. But he also proved equally invaluable to George Clinton and the rest of the Parliament posse during the '70s, making frequent touring trips on the Mothership. In the '80s, he added countless high-profile session gigs to his resume; besides appearing as a frequent guest with old pals Clinton and Bootsy Collins, he added sax to albums by everyone from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Keith Richards to Dee-Lite. Parker came back solo as a jazz man on a pair of early '90s efforts, Roots Revisited and Mo' Roots, but dipped into his old boss's catalog on 1992's live Life on Planet Groove for covers of "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and an updated version of "Soul Power." As vintage funk continued to make a comeback, Parker's profile rose once again (assisted by vocalist/rapper son Corey) and 1998's Funk Overload cemented his rep as the groove merchant of choice among kids who weren't even born when Brown commanded him to "Blow, Maceo!" Parker still turns up frequently on other folks' albums, including Ani DiFranco's 1999 effort To The Teeth, and his own 2000 release, Dial M-A-C-E-O, which features assists from Prince and Sheryl Crow, among others.     Maceo Parker Rabbits In A Pea Patch MP3,WinMedia R&B Good Gawd! Clear the lane for Maceo P. and some seriously deep-fried grooves of funk from the ex-James Brown tenor saxman. Maceo Parker Uptown Up MP3 R&B A soulful new salvo from a sax-totin' master of old-school funk.
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