Maceo Parker, who joined James Brown’s band in 1964 and became one of its great anchors, is a lancing, quick-phrasing alto saxophone blazer, and his band performs a fizzy mixture of hard-driving funk and swing. It’s party music from start to finish.
The New York Times

Parker and company sparked the crowd into constant motion, making even the most rhythmically inept wallflower wiggle and bob like the Godfather of Soul himself.
Chicago Tribune

He’s no bebopper, reborn or otherwise. His roots are the church and the blues… his sound is joyful, cutting ribbon of light and heat burnished by grit and soul.
DownBeat Magazine

The audience singing and swaying like trees in a hurricane: Maceo is in the House – blowing a tempest.
The Seattle Times

Maceo Parker is a funk titan. His body of work is as important to the genre as those belonging to James Brown, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, all of whom have collaborated with Parker. On a broader level, Parker must be regarded as simply one of the all-time great saxophonists. He stretched the boundaries of music, fashioned a new style of playing and, most importantly, made some truly great music.
San Jose Mercury News

Hurricane Maceo blew through, delivering a multihour non-stop barrage for an audience that danced itself into a frenzy before the second song was over.
Austin American Statesman