Southern Exposure | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Genre | Jazz, funk | |||
Label | Novus[1] | |||
Producer | Stephan Meyner, Maceo Parker | |||
Maceo Parker chronology | ||||
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Southern Exposure is an album by the American musician Maceo Parker.[2][3] It was released in 1993.[4] Although marketed as a jazz album, Parker considered it to be "98%" funk.[5]
The album peaked at No. 33 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.[6]
The album was produced by Stephan Meyner and Parker.[7] The Rebirth Brass Band played on the album, as did Leo Nocentelli and George Porter Jr. of the Meters.[5][8] Parker's ex-bandmates Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis played trombone and tenor saxophone, respectively.[9][10] The album was recorded in New Orleans.[11]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [12] |
Calgary Herald | B[13] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [14] |
The Indianapolis Star | [15] |
MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide | [7] |
The Boston Globe praised the "stripped-bare style of vintage New Orleans funk."[16] The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that "Parker works simple blues phrases into a spitfiring fury."[17]
The Calgary Herald stated that the "music is rooted in the chattering percussion and jerky rhythms of New Orleans, with heavy emphasis on the blues."[13] The Indianapolis Star noted that, "on Joe Zawinul's 'Mercy, Mercy, Mercy', a favorite cover of black college bands, Parker and the Rebirth Brass Band add their own Dixieland swagger, the tempo maintained nicely by Philip Frazier's rumbling tuba."[15]
AllMusic wrote that "Parker's alto sounds close to Hank Crawford at times but with a phrasing of his own."[12]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Blues for Shorty Bill" | |
2. | "Keep On Marching" | |
3. | "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" | |
4. | "Every Saturday Night" | |
5. | "The Way You Look Tonight" | |
6. | "Splashin'" | |
7. | "Walking Home Together" | |
8. | "Sister Sanctified" | |
9. | "Fun in the Sun" |