marcus miller - best recording?

wpatton11 · #1 05-03-2008, 05:52 PM

For someone just getting into Marcus, what would you consider his best recording as a leader?
thanks, Will

Steve Clark · #2 05-03-2008, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by wpatton11

For someone just getting into Marcus, what would you consider his best recording as a leader?
thanks, Will

Many good discs. I like the live one Ozell Tapes. One of my favs of all times, not as a a leader, is We Want Miles.

Bassplayer_479 · #3 05-03-2008, 07:49 PM

Marcus and Silver rain are both excellent, IMHO...

MikeBass · #4 05-04-2008, 07:20 AM

Upfront by David Sanborn.
Marcus kills all over that record. Much better than most of his solo stuff IMO.

SilverRain is cool also.

whacker · #5 05-04-2008, 07:25 AM

"Live & More" from 1997 is fantastic.

Papersen · #6 05-04-2008, 01:42 PM

Wow, everyone mentions a different one.
In fact the first one I thought was "The sun don`t lie", so I guess I`m not helping to choose only one.

Baryonyx · #7 05-04-2008, 03:46 PM

You might want to check out the record he has coming out with Victor Wooten and Stanley Clarke. The thought of Stan and Vic playing together is just too good to miss!

Papersen · #8 05-05-2008, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris2112

You might want to check out the record he has coming out with Victor Wooten and Stanley Clarke. The thought of Stan and Vic playing together is just too good to miss!

Interesting.
Didn`t know about that. Do you have any additional info ?

TheShreddingE · #9 05-05-2008, 06:41 AM

I would say for a single, Run for Cover. That is really funky and so marcus

T-MOST · #10 05-05-2008, 10:25 AM

"The Sun Don't Lie", "Tales", "Marcus" and "M2". I guess thats most of his solo work.. lol

vision · #11 05-05-2008, 10:29 AM

I'm a big fan of his work with Luther Vandross, especially the first album. As far as solo work, I would say Live and More for a live album and M2 for studio...

dan.ablett · #12 05-05-2008, 10:48 AM

good thread idea

Bass Thunder · #13 05-05-2008, 11:44 AM

If you have to start with just one, I would suggest the live Ozell Tapes. It's almost a "best of" compilation. He really shines playing live.

I just saw him live this weekend in Hollywood. Actually I stayed after the first show and watched the second show as well.

There was a lot more improv among all the players. During the second show he even brought up a beat box vocalist and did a little drum and bass with her. Her name is Butterscotch - watch out for that one. Very nice to speak with after the show too.

The Ozell Tapes are advertised as "bootleg" quality which it's not, but ovbiously it is not as polished as the studio versions.

After Ozell Tapes, get Sun Don't Lie, and M2, then get all the rest.
If you cherry pick off iTunes, make sure to get both versions of "Panther". It's about the only tune I've seen him play at every show that I've gone to over the years.

wpatton11 · #14 05-05-2008, 12:02 PM

thanks for all the suggestions - I've started off with Marcus and Silver Rain - the man got taste and chops - I'll be dippin in to much more..... I wasn't aware of all the sideman stuff he'd done, just the Miles stuff mostly.
-will

Papersen · #15 05-05-2008, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by wpatton11

thanks for all the suggestions - I've started off with Marcus and Silver Rain - the man got taste and chops - I'll be dippin in to much more..... I wasn't aware of all the sideman stuff he'd done, just the Miles stuff mostly.
-will

I`ve been watching his "Master of all trades" DVD recently and the list of album credits (as player, producer, arranger, etc.) is simply incredible.

Bass Thunder · #16 05-05-2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Papersen

I`ve been watching his "Master of all trades" DVD recently ...

That show at the Knitting Factory was great.

Baryonyx · #17 05-05-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Papersen

Interesting.
Didn`t know about that. Do you have any additional info ?

I believe there is more info somewhere around this forum, someone posted some art that looks like it could be the cover for the record!

Rano Bass · #18 05-05-2008, 05:07 PM

My personal favorite as a leader is "The Sun Don't Lie"

JimK · #19 05-06-2008, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TheShreddingE

I would say for a single, Run for Cover. That is really funky and so marcus

It's the LIVE version that smokes, right?
IIRC, the studio version is much tamer.

JimK · #20 05-06-2008, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Clark

One of my favs of all times, not as a a leader, is We Want Miles.

That one is good. I was just re-visiting that one + Star People. Chromatic electric Funk by Miles is tough to beat.

Another Marcus sideman project I like is Straphanging by The Brecker Brothers.