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Us

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Maceo Parker’s solo effort from ’74 was produced by the Godfather with the JBs providing backing for the funk saxophonist-extraordinaire. It’s a mix of JB-style funk - it includes Maceo’s superior instrumental version of Brown’s ‘Soul Power’ and his big hit ‘Parrty’ - as well as more jazzy pieces. Parker says in his autobiography “I may have played all over it but I knew it was really just another James Brown album” but it still stands up well today, the range of material setting it apart from the more straight-up funk albums that Brown was also producing at the time.

Harold Heath

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