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It\u2019s impossible to keep the name of Maceo Parker <\/strong>separate from the funk genre of which by now he represents the essence. The American saxophonist, born in 1943, began to play when he was young and very soon his talent brought him to play with the major exponents of funk, like James Brown <\/strong>and Ray Charles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maceo,<\/strong> together with his brother Melvin, joined James Brown\u2019s band in 1964 of which he became a key member. His solos became an integral part of Brown\u2019s most famous tracks, such as \u201cI Got You (I Feel You)\u201d, \u201cMother Popcorn\u201d e \u201cCold Sweat\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1970 he founded Maceo & All the King\u2019s Men <\/strong>alongside other members of Brown\u2019s band with whom he embarked on a two-year-long tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1973 he was back playing with Brown and in the meantime, he published his first solo album Us <\/em>(1974). The new collaboration with Brown ended in 1975 when he joined George Clinton\u2019s projects which turned into the ensemble Parliament <\/strong>and Funkadelic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1984 the fame of the ensembles started to diminish so Maceo<\/strong> decided once again to start playing with James Brown for the next four years. Anyway, he continued to frequently collaborate with Clinton and when Clinton produced Freaky Styley <\/em>by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Parker<\/strong> participated with a few sax solos. Moreover, in 1988 he was invited by Keith Richards <\/strong>to perform on his solo debut album, Talk is Cheap<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nineties saw Parker <\/strong>establish his solo career. He released three consequent albums: Roots Revisited <\/em>(1990), Mo\u2019 Roots <\/em>(1991), and the live set Life on Planet Groove <\/em>(1992). The albums highlighted the excellent musicality of the artist, who was able to move between jazz and funk with skills fully admirable only live. Indeed, Maceo <\/strong>during this period performed more than 150 shows per year, spurred by the acclaim of the critics and the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1999 the iconic singer Prince <\/strong>enlisted Parker <\/strong>to collaborate on the singer\u2019s album Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic. <\/em>From this collaboration was born a regular partnership between the two artists during the following ten years, with Maceo <\/strong>joining Prince\u2019s live band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His brilliant career was immortalized by the documentary My First Name Is Maceo <\/em>(2004) which showed exclusive interviews with Parker <\/strong>during which his career, his music, and his life were discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He paid tribute to major artists like Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Isacc Hayes re-arranging classic songs from the R&B tradition in Soul Classic <\/em>(2002), and 2018\u2019s It\u2019s All About Love<\/em> In 2018 the funk genius arrived in Italy for an incredible concert for JAZZMI <\/strong>in Milan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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