Maceo Parker - School's In (USA, 2005)

Maceo Parker - School's In (USA, 2005)

Alto saxophonist Maceo Parker will forever be known as James Brown's main horn man, and his gritty sax playing with the likes of Bootsy Collins and Prince has made him the dean of funk, a man who helped build the genre from the ground up, starting with "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag." That new bag is now 40 years old here, and although Parker's solo projects have never gotten the same attention as his side jobs, it is startling to realize that School's In! is his ninth solo album. Parker knows that the groove is the thing, and working the groove to death is his main goal, so being up to date, current, and innovative doesn't concern him very much, which is why School's In! sounds so wonderfully …  » Read more

Tracks

 

1. To Be or Not to Be

2. Basic Funk: 101

3. What You Know About Funk?

4. ABC  

5. Song for My Teacher

6. Speed Reading

7. Wonderful World  

8. Arts & Cafts

9. Advanced Funk

10. I'm Gonna Teach You

Joachim Becker Executive Producer, Producer

Oliver Berner Vocal Engineer

Kip Blackshire Vocals (Background)

Greg Boyer Horn Arrangements, Trombone

Rodney Curtis Bass

Candy Dulfer Guest Appearance, Sax (Alto), Vocals

Erich François Photography

Klaus Genuit Engineer, Mixing

Morris Hayes Arranger, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Producer

Sadie Hayes Vocals (Background)

Martha High Vocals (Background)

Ted Jensen Mastering

Cynthia Johnson Vocals (Background)

Natasha Maddison Executive Producer

Joachim Oster Concept, Design

Corey Parker Vocals

Maceo Parker Arranger, Composer, Executive Producer, Percussion, Producer, Sax (Alto), Vocals

Bruno Speight Guitar

Jamal Thomas Drums

Ron Tooley Trumpet

Peter Weniger Sax (Tenor)

Maceo Parker - School's In (USA, 2005)