For legendary saxophonist Maceo Parker at least two-thirds of the year is like Christmas. The former James Brown sideman, prominent soloist and co-inventor of funk is playing in Gauteng early in May. I spoke to him on the phone from his home in Kinston, North Carolina, this week and asked what it is like when the curtain opens, you walk into the floodlights and we, the fans, go mad when they see you.
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