Maceo Parker – School’s In

The wait is over. Maceo Parker, the grandmaster of funk, is back. And boy, is he ever. With his new full-length School s In he delivers a veritable masterpiece. 58 minutes of music, which will make you believe you are in the audience at a live concert. The stuff is as fresh and groovy as anything you have ever heard. Recorded with his working band , Maceo presents a cross-section of all facets of funk.

Track Listing:
1. To Be Or Not To Be - 5:21   2. Basic Funk: 101 - 8:46   3. What You Know About Funk? - 5:06   4. ABC - 8:17   5. Song For My Teacher - 4:16   6. Speed Reading (It-si-bi-ya) - 5:02   7. What A Wonderful World - 5:46   8. Arts & Crafts - 3:47   9. Advanced Funk - 5:50   10. I'm Gonna Teach You - 5:26

Personnel:
Maceo Parker (alto saxophone, vocals, percussion) , Candy Dulfer (alto saxophone, vocals on 7) , Corey Parker (vocals) , Bruno Speight (guitar) , Peter Weniger (tenor saxophone) , Greg Boyer (trombone) , Ron Tooley (trumpet) , Rodney Curtis (bass) , Morris Hayes (keyboards, organ) , Jamal Thomas (drums) , Cynthia Johnson (backing vocals on 1,4,10) , Kip Blackshire (backing vocals on 1,4,7,10) , Martha High (backing vocals on 3) , Sadie Hayes (backing vocals on 1,4)

Recorded at Hansahaus Studios, Bonn, Germany, November-December, 2004.