Maceo Parker announced a new album, Soul Food – Cooking With Maceo, set for release on June 26 through The Funk Garage / Mascot Label Group. The legendary saxophonist also shared the single, “Cross The Track.”
Parker recorded Soul Food – Cooking With Maceo in the funk mecca of New Orleans with producer Eli Wolf (Norah Jones, Madlib, Al Green) and the LP features collaborations with famed NOLA musicians like Ivan Neville, Nikki Glaspie and Tony Hall. Parker also pays tribute to a number of New Orleans legends by including songs from The Meters, Dr. John and Allen Toussaint as well as nods to past collaborators like Prince and Aretha Franklin.
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Maceo Parker has been at the epicenter of funk since it began over half a century ago, playing with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the ‘70s and most recently with Prince all while holding down a successful solo career since 1970. Soul Food – Cooking With Maceo is Parker’s first solo record in eight years. He spoke about the new album and his illustrious career in a statement. Read the statement below:
One of the things that I have enjoyed about being an artist is that sooner or later it’s time to record new material. Somehow, this time around, we decided to cover some tunes. So, that’s what this album is all about. In the studio, you have the luxury of recording songs by groups that you have enjoyed throughout the years.
Once you become a recording artist, there’s a satisfaction that you are now part of the collective group of artists that you admire.
Maceo & All the King’s Men was the first band I formed after leaving James Brown’s group. There is a sense of pride when, as a musician, you reach a level where your own material is in stores and being played on the air. It’s almost like graduating from local musician to world-renown artist. So it was fun to revisit two songs from that period.
I’ve always been inspired by everyone, simply everyone who has worked with Ray Charles, including the Raelettes and Hank Crawford, so it’s especially nice to have included a David “Fathead” Newman tune on the album. I’ve worked with the Meters, with Dr John and Aretha Franklin over the course my rather long career, so it’s a pleasure to include some of their songs.
More than anything I miss Prince. He was a genius, so it was special to re-record a song he and I had once toyed with idea of releasing and give it that special New Orleans feel while also referencing the person I most admired growing up, the Genius Mr Ray Charles.
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Soul Food – Cooking With Maceo also features reworkings of Parker’s back catalog including the aforementioned “Cross The Track.” Check out the lyric video for “Cross The Track” below:
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Soul Food – Cooking With Maceo Tracklist:
- Cross The Track
- Just Kissed My Baby
- Yes We Can Can
- M A C E O
- Hard Times
- Rock Steady
- Compared To What
- Right Place Wrong Time
- Other Side of the Pillow
- Grazing In The Grass
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