Although Prince is not outright a jazz artist, I believe Maceo Parker’s saxophone was more than sufficient to compensate for whatever Prince lacked as far as performing jazz during his epic 2011 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal performance.
When Maceo Parker performed Pass The Peas, my mind went directly to James Brown.
James Brown produced Parker’s Pass The Peas. Brown was instrumental (no better word) in the foundation of hip hop.
He influenced Prince as well as Michael Jackson, who too is no longer with us. Seeing and hearing Maceo perform the classic track made my eyes watery.
Prince was onstage with his mentor’s main man and I was watching two of my own mentors in front of me.
Happy Birthday to Maceo Parker.
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