Marcus (album)

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

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) Renaissance (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Tom Hull	B[2]

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
2. Hull, Tom. "Tom Hull: Grade List: marcus miller". tomhull.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.