Another funky outing from James Brown's legendary alto saxophonist, Mo' Roots continues with the same tight grooves and canny cover selection of Roots Revisited.
Retains all the nasty ingredients that make us snap our fingers and twist our bodies, but it dishes up the funk with a generous sprinkling of individual jazz expression.
This album was a comeback for a number of people including Maceo, Bootsy, Sly, Bobby Byrd, etc. and predated Maceo's hugely successful jazz album Roots Revisited by a few months.
It's trouble when the liner notes mention Maceo & All the King's Men's "blending of R&B, pop, easy listening, and Top 40." Funky Music Machine does nothing to disprove that ominous foreshadowing.
In 1974, James Brown wrote this album after one more Maceo's come back . "The Soul Of The Black Man" is a beautiful mutual tribute between the two men.
