His name is synonymous with Funk Music, his pedigree impeccable; his band: the tightest little funk orchestra on earth. Maceo Parker is known by aficionados as a James Brown sideman; appreciated ...

Funk legend Maceo Parker has shared a version Prince’s “Other Side Of The Pillow.” Parker collaborated with Prince for many years after his work with James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic and George ...

It was James Brown, exhorting him, “Maceo, I want you to blow!”, who turned saxophonist Maceo Parker from a sideman to a showstopper. But when Parker blew the doors off James Brown’s “Papa’s Got A ...

The title of 1994’s documentary My First Name is Maceo says it all. Like other musical legends/icons such as Elvis, Aretha, Prince and Madonna, anyone hearing the first name Maceo knows exactly who it ...

“Maceo, I want you to blow!” cried James Brown and the name of one the world’s greatest living saxophonists was written into musical history. Maceo Parker recounts his warm and astonishing story in ...

is going to tell you he loves you. He’s going to say it to you, he’s going to sing it to you, and he’s going to play it to you. Plenty of times. It’s a mission. “I love what I do,” said Parker, long ...

Follow the funk, and you can’t get lost. It’s a maxim that has guided the career of Maceo Parker, the saxophonist who inspired James Brown to shout his name whenever it was time for an electrifying, ...

Maceo Parker has forgotten more about funk than most people will ever know. The veteran saxophonist served lengthy tenures with James Brown, George Clinton and Prince - as close to a funky holy ...

Kinston native Maceo Parker, who played with James Brown, George Clinton and Prince, has received a 2016 North Carolina Heritage Award. He was honored with a video by filmmaker Rodrigo Dorfman that ...

This year’s Savannah Music Festival (SMF) ends with both a bang and a wail, as Maceo Parker, the living legend of funk-jazz returns to town with his top-notch band on April 13 for two full 90-minute ...

Despite some embarrassing feedback on the part of the house, groove pioneer Maceo Parker’s show was a triumph at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on Friday. Photo by Tina Hagerling. Maceo Parker is funk ...

There was no one more instrumental in building the musical canon of hip-hop than James Brown, reportedly the most sampled man in music. No less than 12,168 of his samples (and counting) are currently ...