Tag: soul

All-Star Lineup Turns Out for Clifford Coulter Benefit

by Steve Palopoli on February 22, 2012

The Fairmont in San Jose hosts a benefit for Clifford Coulter Sunday.

Clifford Coulter was there for San Jose back when mainstream pop culture was still asking for directions. A soul-jazz innovator and multi-instrumentalist, Coulter’s 1970 debut album was the polar opposite of “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?”—funky, rootsy and ahead of its time, it was firmly grounded in the South…

Maceo Parker Brings His Own Brand of Cool

by Steve Palopoli on January 9, 2012

Maceo Parker plays Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga on Wednesday, January 11.

Maceo Parker has played with some of the most iconic and eccentric personalities in music history. As James Brown’s sax man, he helped write the rules of modern R&B. As the musical director of George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic, he led a sonic revolution in the ’70s. As part of Prince’s band, he’s helped…

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