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 ...

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 ...

Like other musical legends/icons such as Elvis, Aretha, Prince and Madonna, anyone hearing the first name Maceo knows exactly who it is. Maceo Parker has been the go-to funk saxist from his days ...

Roy Ayers and Maceo Parker are two of my favorite jazz-soul and jazz-funk artists. Both recently released new albums. And both musicians started out as jazz players but invented new R&B forms during ...

Stanton Moore will head to Europe with the great Maceo Parker later this month. The Galactic drummer will perform with the James Brown/Parliament-Funkadelic saxophonist’s band as they make their way ...

Maceo Parker announced a new album, Soul Food – Cooking With Maceo, set for release on June 26 through The Funk Garage / Mascot Label Group. The legendary saxophonist also shared the single, “Cross ...

Better than: Pretty much anything, save a second performance. Self-described on his live album Life on Planet Groove as “2 percent jazz, 98 percent funky stuff,” Maceo Parker brought a funk explosion ...

Looking around, Parker felt exhilarated by the rise of black American culture that had seen the band surge from the chitlin circuit to global acclaim. The September 1974 Muhammad Ali-George Foreman ...

Saxophonist Maceo Parker calls his band “the tightest little funk orchestra on Earth.” It should be. Parker was schooled in tightness as the bandleader for James Brown in the 1960s. Brown was ...

Maceo Parker is best known as the dynamic saxophonist for legendary soul man James Brown. But, Parker recently entered the world of publishing with his autobiography, “98% Funky Stuff - My Life In ...

It was easy for me to hear him. And what I mean by that is I could almost hear his feelings when he sang. Every time he released an album, I'd get it. "It happens all the time," he says. "Yeah, with ...

Maceo Parker talks playing with the Ray Charles Orchestra and the Raelettes in tribute to his lifelong idol. By Billboard Staff Maceo Parker has funked it up with the best: James Brown, ...