Maceo Parker (born February 14, 1943) is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. Since the early 1990s, he has toured under his own name.
In 1970, Parker along with a handful of Brown’s band, including his drummer brother Melvin Parker, guitarist Jimmy Nolan and bassist Bernard Odum formed Maceo & All The King’s Men who would release a pair of well-received albums before Parker returned to recording with Brown in 1972 until 1975 when he started working with George Clinton and a bassist known as Bootsy.
Parker never completely broke with Brown, rejoining his band again in 1984-88. He also had another short-lived side group, following Maceo & All The King’s Men, when he put together Maceo & The Macks in 1974 and the band put out a number of singles, primarily covering Brown’s work.
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