Life on Planet Groove explained

Life on Planet Groove
Type:	Live
Artist:	Maceo Parker
Cover:	Albm_Cover%2C_Maceo_Parker%2C_Live_on_Planet_Groove.jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	March 5–7, 1992
Venue:	Stadtgarten, Cologne
Genre:	Jazz funk soul
Length:	74:10
Label:	Minor Music Verve
Producer:	Maceo Parker Stephan Meyner^[1]
Prev Title:	Mo' Roots
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Southern Exposure
Next Year:	1993

Life on Planet Groove is a live album by Maceo Parker, released in 1992.^[2] It was recorded in concert at the club Stadtgarten in Cologne, Germany.

The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.^[3]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote that the "live session’s gracefully fermented, pre-hip-hop mode of funk-making hits home." The Calgary Herald thought that "with Maceo, Life On Planet Groove is a carefree existence where spirits are imbued with physical jive, bodies do the 'mashed potato' and ears revel in generous amounts of harmonious horns, slathered with Motown vocals and topped with psychedelic bass."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Maceo Parker; except where indicated

1. "Shake Everything You've Got" (16:39)
2. "Pass the Peas" (James Brown, John Starks, Charles Bobbit) (11:26)
3. "I Got You (I Feel Good)" (James Brown) (3:45)
4. "Got to Get U" (7:08)
5. "Addictive Love" (The Winans, Keith Thomas) (8:58)
6. "Children's World" (6:21)
7. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) (7:23)
8. "Soul Power 92" (James Brown, Maceo Parker, Bootsy Collins) (14:12)

Personnel

• Maceo Parker - alto saxophone, vocals
• Candy Dulfer - alto saxophone
• Larry Goldings - Hammond organ
• Vincent Henry - bass, alto saxophone
• Rodney Jones - guitar
• Pee Wee Ellis - flute, tenor saxophone, vocals
• Kym Mazelle - vocals
• Kenwood Dennard - drums
• Fred Wesley - trombone, vocals

Notes and References

1. Album Reviews . Billboard . Nov 14, 1992 . 104 . 46 . 55.
2. Web site: Maceo Parker | Biography & History. AllMusic.
3. Web site: Maceo Parker. Billboard.