| Mo'Roots | ||||
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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Recorded | March 1991 | |||
| Studio | Sound On Sound, New York | |||
| Genre | Soul, jazz | |||
| Length | 1:03:46 | |||
| Label | Verve [1] | |||
| Producer | Stephan Meyner, Maceo Parker | |||
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Mo'Roots is an album by the American saxophonist Maceo Parker, released in 1991. [2] [3] It peaked at No. 4 on Billboard's Traditional Jazz Albums chart. [4]
Mo' Roots was produced by Stephan Meyner and Parker. [5] Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis played on the album. [6] "Sister Sadie" is a cover of the Horace Silver song. [7]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| Calgary Herald | A [9] |
| Chicago Tribune | [10] |
| Windsor Star | B+ [6] |
The Chicago Tribune determined that "there's enough variety to keep things interesting, but enough clarity of musical direction to make it all hang together and, more important, make Parker feel at home with the material." [10] The Washington Post wrote: "From Dixieland to hard bop to R&B, from Lionel Hampton to Ray Charles to Marvin Gaye to Otis Redding to Maceo himself, it's all here, underscored by an unfussy and decidedly funky rhythm section and enlivened by a now legendary horn triumvirate." [11]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" | Ray Charles | 3:58 |
| 2. | "Chicken" | Alfred Ellis | 8:19 |
| 3. | "Let's Get It On" | Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend | 7:46 |
| 4. | "Hamp's Boogie Woogie" | Lionel Hampton, Milt Buckner | 6:16 |
| 5. | "Fa Fa Fa (The Sad Song)" | Otis Redding, Steve Cropper | 4:50 |
| 6. | "Jack's Back" | Fred Wesley | 5:42 |
| 7. | "Sister Sadie" | Horace Silver | 5:27 |
| 8. | "Daddy's Home" | 6:02 | |
| 9. | "Down By The Riverside" | 6:36 | |
| 10. | "Southwick" | Maceo Parker | |
| Total length: | 63:46 | ||
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