Maceo Parker (/ˈmeɪsioʊ/; born February 14, 1943)[1] is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s.

Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones.

His first album of this period Roots Revisited spent 10 weeks at the top of the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts.

In 1993, Parker made guest appearances on hip hop group De La Soul's album Buhloone Mindstate.

[7] In the late 1990s, Parker began contributing semi-regularly to recordings by Prince and accompanying his band, The New Power Generation, on tour.

[9] In July 2012, Parker was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Victoires Du Jazz in Paris.

Maceo plays a gold-plated Selmer Mark VI alto saxophone and the mouthpiece he uses is a #3 Brilhart Ebolin.