Roots Revisited Explained

Roots Revisited
Type:	Album
Artist:	Maceo Parker
Cover:	Roots Revisited.jpg
Released:	1990
Recorded:	1990
Studio:	A & R Recording, NYC and Ligosa Sound Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio
Genre:	Soul jazz
Length:	50:34
Label:	Minor Music MM 1015
Producer:	Stephan Meyner, Maceo Parker
Chronology:	Maceo Parker
Prev Title:	For All the King's Men
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Mo' Roots
Next Year:	1991

Roots Revisited is an album by saxophonist Maceo Parker which was originally released on the Minor Music label in 1990.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Roots Revisited is a throwback to the 1960s soul-jazz style and Maceo Parker gives one the impression that, if called upon, he could hold his own on a bebop date".

Track listing

All compositions by Maceo Parker except where noted

1. "Them That Got" (Ray Charles) – 3:57
2. "Children's World" – 10:49
3. "Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul" (Charles Mingus) – 5:41
4. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) – 5:55
5. "Up and Down East Street (for Ulysée Hardy)" – 8:11
6. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:14
7. "Jumpin' the Blues" (Jay McShann, Charlie Parker, Walter Brown) – 6:17
8. "In Time" (Sylvester Stewart) – 5:30
9. "Them That Got" [Alternative version] (Charles) – 3:57 Additional track on CD release
10. "Funky Christmas" (Johnny Marks) – 10:09 Additional track on CD release

Personnel

• Maceo Parker – alto saxophone, piano, organ
• Fred Wesley – trombone
• Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis – tenor saxophone
• Don Pullen – organ (tracks 1-7, 9 & 10)
• Rodney Jones – guitar
• Bill Stewart – drums
• Vince Henry – alto saxophone (track 1)
• Bootsy Collins – bass guitar, guitar

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_MinorMusic.htm Minor Music discography
2. http://www.maceo-parker.com/album/id_80_Roots.Revisited.html Maceo Parker discography