Roots Revisited

Maceo Parker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 9, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Minor Music
• ASIN: B0000525SY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,172 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD

Parker earned his reputation among R&B insiders playing alto saxophone with James Brown off and on for twenty years, and almost no one figured the sideman deluxe would one day enjoy mainstream acclaim as a bandleader in his own right. This best-selling album produces pleasure with its funk-sauce and soul-stew grooves, but Parker is not low-down or burly enough to be the new King Curtis (as if that were possible), and his 'soul" doesn't run as deep as that O{ say, lesser- known saxophonists Hank Crawford, Arnold Sterling, or Houston Person. Replace Don Pullen's Hammond organ with some studio hack's electric piano and already marginal songs 'Over the Rainbow" and 'Children's World" would be excruciatingly cloying. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, May 8, 2007

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dnoyeB - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roots Revisited (Audio CD)

I first heard some of these cuts on college radio I believe. Its a very nice jazz album. My first time hearing Maceo. There are some lively cuts, and some mellowed out smoove stuff. The album has songs on it that are quite different from each other but all share a similar vein. I have owned this for many years and I still like it a lot.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Settle in for a nice listen..., August 4, 2009

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Ronald R. Fitzgerald "California Dreamer" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
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This was my first chance to hear Maceo Parker, and I've been impressed and will be looking for more of the same. Easy listening, for the most part.

3 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ...yall aint still sleepin on this are you?..., November 26, 2001

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R. Davis "upfromsumdirt" (louisville, ky) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roots Revisited (Audio CD)

...do you like jazz? i mean, honestly now...do yall like jazz!?!
fareal...it dont e'en matter...because this aint just jazz, it's a beautiful thing. maceo dont play...and those of yall too stuck up on r&b or rap or ol' school jazz or classical...alla yall are missin out on life!! this man blows a sweet horn and i dont think anybody has ever done it better! fareal.