Marcus (album)

Marcus
Studio album by Marcus Miller
Released	March 4, 2008
Genre	Jazz-Funk
Length	70:48
Label	Concord
Producer	Marcus Miller and David Isaac
Marcus Miller chronology
Free (2007) Marcus (2008)

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Marcus is an album by Jazz bassist Marcus Miller. It was released in 2008.

Marcus is the US version of the previously released album Free. This version not only has additional tracks, but different mixes of the tracks,^{[note 1]} a different cover and a modified track order.

Track listing

All songs written by Marcus Miller, except where noted.

1. "Blast!"– 5:43
2. "Funk Joint" – 5:12
3. "Free" (Susaye Greene, Hank Redd, Nathan Watts, Deneice Williams) – 5:00
4. "Higher Ground" (Stevie Wonder) – 5:10
5. "Milky Way" (Miller, Kevin Moore) – 5:36
6. "Pluck (Interlude)" – 3:19
7. "Lost Without U" (Sean E. Hurley, Robin Thicke) – 4:41
8. "'Cause I Want You" (Miller, Shihan van Clief) – 3:12
9. "Ooh" (Miller, Lalah Hathaway) – 4:00
10. "When I Fall In Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 5:23
11. "Strum" – 5:41
12. "Jean-Pierre" (Miles Davis) – 6:15
13. "What Is Hip?" (Emilio Castillo, David John Garibaldi, Stephen M. Kupka) – 6:02
14. "Lost Without U (Spoken Word)" (Sean E. Hurley, Robin Thicke) – 5:34

Personnel

• Corinne Bailey Rae – vocals on "Free"
• Keb' Mo' – vocals on "Milky Way"
• Lalah Hathaway – vocals on "Ooh"
• Shihan the Poet – vocals on "'Cause I Want You"
• Taraji P. Henson – vocals on "Lost Without U (Spoken Word)"
• Gussie Miller – backing vocals
• David Sanborn – alto saxophone
• Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
• Michael "Patches" Stewart – trumpet, flügelhorn
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar
• Bernard Wright – organ, synth
• Gregoire Maret – harmonica
• Poogie Bell – drums

Footnotes

Notes

1. Comparing the track lengths of this album and Free courtesy of Allmusic reveals this fact.

References

1. AllMusic review