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PLAYED ON: 20 October 2010

Maceo Parker

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His name is synonymous with Funky Music, his pedigree impeccable; his band: the tightest little funk orchestra on earth.

Everyone knows by now that he's played with each and every leader of funk, his start with JAMES BROWN, which Maceo describes as " like being at University "; jumping aboard the Mothership with GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT / FUNKADELIC; stretching out with BOOTSY'S RUBBER BAND. He’s the living, breathing pulse which connects the history of Funk in one golden thread. 

"Everything's coming up Maceo," concluded DownBeat Magazine in a 1991 article at the beginning of MACEO PARKER's solo career. At the time MACEO was a remembered by aficionados of funk music as sideman; appreciated mainly by those in the know. More than a decade and a half later MACEO PARKER has been enjoying a blistering solo career. For the past sixteen years MACEO has been building a new funk empire, fresh and stylistically diverse. He navigates deftly between JAMES BROWN'S 1960's soul and GEORGE CLINTON'S 1970's freaky funk while exploring mellower jazz and the grooves of hip-hop. 

His collaborations over the years performing or recording or both have included PRINCE, RAY CHARLES, ANI DIFRANCO, DE LA SOUL, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND and the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. 

Please note advance tickets for this event are not available from the venue box office. Advance tickets for other events are available unless stated otherwise.

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