| Southern Exposure | ||||
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| Released | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, funk | |||
| Label | Novus [1] | |||
| Producer | Stephan Meyner, Maceo Parker | |||
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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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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" |
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