# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maceo-parker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:49:45.554Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maceo-parker"
name: "Maceo Parker"
slug: "maceo-parker"
description: "Maceo Parker 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. Since the early 1990s, he has toured under his own name."
tagline: "American saxophonist and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maceo_Parker_2002.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-02-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.08302666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/126873209710"
    handle:    "126873209710"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662469/"
    handle:    "nm0662469"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.maceo.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "ماسيو باركر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماسيو باركر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماسیو بارکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maceo_Parker"
    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maceo_Parker"
    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maceo_Parker"
    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maceo_Parker"
    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "მასეო პარკერი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Мејсио Паркер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maceo_Parker"
    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maceo_Parker"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7ec0b91d-c6ad-417e-934c-decfdc45bada"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455018"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/974178"
    title: "Maceo Parker"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump