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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Maceo Parker sits in a Los Angeles hotel room, crunching on a bag of potato skins from a hallway vending machine. Today is the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...