Marcus (album) explained

Marcus
Type:	studio
Artist:	Marcus Miller
Cover:	Marcus-marcusmiller.jpg
Released:	March 4, 2008
Genre:	Jazz-Funk
Length:	70:48
Label:	Concord
Producer:	Marcus Miller and David Isaac
Prev Title:	Free
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Renaissance
Next Year:	2012

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,^[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

References

Notes and References

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