Roots and Grooves

Performer: Maceo Parker
Engineer: Reinhold Nickel
Producer: Joachim Becker; Lucas Schmid
Distributor: Fontana Distribution

Notes: Recorded Live During The European Tour, Februrary & March 2007. Personnel: Maceo Parker (vocals, alto saxophone); Koji Paul Shigihara (guitar); Heiner Wiberny, Karolina Strassmayer (alto saxophone); Olivier Peters (tenor saxophone, EWI); Paul Heller (tenor saxophone); Marcus Barthelt (baritone saxophone); Rob Bruynen, John Marshall , Klaus Osterloh, Andy Haderer, Wim Both (trumpet); Bernt Laukamp, Ludwig Nuss, Dave Horler (trombone); Mattis Cederberg (bass trombone); Frank Chastenier (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, Hammond b-3 organ); John Goldsby (acoustic bass); Rodney Curtis (electric bass, bass guitar); Hans Dekker, Dennis Chambers (drums); Michael Abene. A lynchpin in the evolution of funk, saxophonist Maceo Parker has played with James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, and Prince, just to name a few. ROOTS & GROOVES (2008) finds the legendary instrumentalist still laying down incendiary chops and giving as good as ever. On the first disc of this two-disc set Parker joins the WDR Big Band to rip through a repertoire of Ray Charles material. "Hallelujah I Love Her So," "Hit the Road Jack," and "What'd I Say" are given plenty of brass and bite. The second disc is a heavy dose of straight up funk that has Parker joined by P-funk alums Dennis Chambers (drums) and Rodney "Skeet" Curtis (bass). The band lays it down on cuts like "Off the Hook" and an extended jam on James Brown's classic "Pass the Peas."

Down Beat (p.90) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "It's a treat hearing Parker romp on alto....His singing, too, is warm and affecting..." Living Blues (p.66) - "The musicianship is superb, and the funk boils throughout....Parker and his bandsmen have cooked up a musical stew as spicy and fresh as the original cuisine on which it's based." Harp (magazine) (p.116) - "Parker and the big band bring greasy fatback rhythms to a handful of earlier Parker tunes -- culminating with 17-plus minutes of 'Pass the Peas'..."

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