“Maceo, blow your horn!,” The Godfather of Soul commanded, and at 76 Parker has not ceased to obey. His clipped, kinetic alto breaks pervade not only the double helix of funk (James Brown, George Clinton, Prince, and his own aggregations) but the gene pool of popular music worldwide. —E.E.
The Arts Intel Report
Maceo Parker
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Jan 14–19, 2020