Description
Personnel: Marcus Miller (guitar, acoustic guitar, sitar, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, organ, Wurlitzer organ, keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, string synthesizer, bass guitar, 5-string bass, fretless bass, drums, bongos, shaker, tambourine, triangle, percussion, programming, drum programming); Keb' Mo' (vocals, guitar); Corinne Bailey Rae, Gussie Miller (vocals, background vocals); Lalah Hathaway, Taraji P. Henson (vocals); Andrea Braido (guitar); Paul Jackson, Jr. (acoustic guitar); Gr?goire Maret (harmonica); David Sanborn (alto saxophone); Tom Scott (tenor saxophone); Michael "Patches" Stewart (trumpet, flugelhorn); Bobby Sparks (Clavinet, organ, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, Moog synthesizer); Bernard Wright (organ, synthesizer); Jason "JT" Thomas, Jason Thomas , Poogie Bell, Teddy Campbell (drums); Tavia Ivey (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: David Rideau; Dennis Thompson; Goh Hotada; David Isaac; Taka Honda; Bill Schnee.
Recording information: Boby Sparks Enterprises, Sunnyvale, TX (2008); Braidusss Studio, Aigle, France (2008); Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA (2008); Gwizmon Studios, New York, NY (2008); Hannibal Studios, Santa Monica, CA (2008); Hiatus Studio (2008); Powerhouse Studios, Seattle, WA (2008); The Village, Los Angeles, CA (2008); Westlake Audio, Hollywood, CA (2008); White House Studios, Sylmar, CA (2008).
Editor: Marcus Miller.
Photographer: Kumiko Higo.
Marcus Miller has a resume most people in the music world would envy. Miller is a bassist who's also a producer, arranger, composer (including movie soundtracks), and multi-instrumentalist who has appeared on over 200 albums. His first for Concord, MARCUS, is a savory stew of jazz, funk, pop, and R&B. There are lean, stirring versions of classics by Stevie Wonder ("Higher Ground") and Tower of Power ("What Is Hip"), soothing vocals from Corrine Bailey Rae, and a tip of the hat to Miller's old boss Miles Davis ("Jean-Pierre"). Add the saxophones of David Sanborn and Tom Scott to the mix and one has a recipe for some nifty, debonair, groove-centric jazz.
- Format: CD
- Genre: Jazz
- Released: 2008-03-04