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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]

Southern Exposure
Studio album by Maceo Parker
Released	1993
Genre	Jazz, funk
Label	Novus[1]
Producer	Stephan Meyner, Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker chronology
Life on Planet Groove (1992) Southern Exposure (1993) Maceo (1994)

The album peaked at No. 33 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.[6]

Production

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

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]

Track listing

References

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