''Silver Rain'' is an album by

bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low bra ...

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandross ...

. Named after a poem by

Langston Hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, H ...

, it was released in 2005. Allmusic Review: ''Silver Rain''accessed 31 March 2013

Track listing

All compositions by Marcus Miller, except as noted. # "Intro Duction" – 0:30 # "

Bruce Lee Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines th ...

" – 5:23 # "La Villette" (Miller, Lalah Hathaway) – 5:54 # "Behind The Smile" – 6:24 # "

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific exp ...

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Edgar Winter Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is an American musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing keyboards, guitar, saxophone, and percussion, as well as singing. His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group ...

) – 6:33 # "

Moonlight Sonata The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, marked ''Quasi una fantasia'', Op. 27, No. 2, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was completed in 1801 and dedicated in 1802 to his pupil Countess Giulietta Guicciardi. The popular name ''Mo ...

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Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

) – 7:38 # " Boogie On Reggae Woman" (

Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris ( Judkins; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, pop, sou ...

) – 5:02 # "Paris (Interlude)" – 1:14 # "Silver Rain" (Miller, Eric Clapton, Joey Kibble, Bill Withers) – 6:08 # "Make Up My Mind" – 3:42 # " Girls and Boys" (

Prince A prince is a Monarch, male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary title, hereditary, in s ...

) – 5:36 # "Sophisticated Lady" (

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was ba ...

, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 5:23 # "Power of Soul" ( Jimi Hendrix) – 6:53 # "Outro Duction" – 0:53 # "If Only For One Night" (

Brenda Russell Brenda Russell (née Gordon; born April 8, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and keyboardist. Russell has a diverse musical range which encompasses R&B, pop, soul, dance, and jazz. She has received five Grammy nominations. Li ...

) -> "Silver Rain (reprise)" – 8:11

Personnel

*Marcus Miller – Organ, Synthesizer, Bass, Percussion, Piano, Scratching, Arranger, Clarinet (Bass), Drums, Keyboards, Tambourine, Vocals (background), Moog Synthesizer, Producer, Engineer, Fretless Bass, Woodwind, Executive Producer, Bass (Acoustic), Beat Box, Fender Rhodes, Rhythm Box, Synthesizer Orchestration, Finger Snapping, Udu, Synthesizer Strings *

Poogie Bell Charles Bell Jr. (born February 11, 1961, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), better known by his stage name Poogie Bell, is an American jazz drummer, composer, band leader and producer. Bell is best known as a drummer, working extensively with bassists ...

– drums (tracks 3-7, 9, 13 & 15) *Dean Brown – Acoustic and electric guitar (tracks 3-6, 9, 11, 13 & 15) *Roger Byam – Tenor saxophone (tracks 5-6, 9, 11, 13 & 15; credited as soloist on track 6) *Bruce Flowers – Organ,

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

, Synthesizer Bass (tracks 5, 9, 13, 15) *Patches Stewart – Trumpet (track 2, 5-6, 9, 11, 13, 15) *

Bernard Wright Bernard Wright (November 16, 1963 – May 19, 2022) was an American funk and jazz keyboardist and singer who began his career as a session musician and later released four solo albums. Biography Wright was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York. In ...

– keyboards (tracks 2-3, 6, 13)

Guests

Gerald Albright Gerald Albright is an American jazz saxophonist. He earned Grammys for 24/7 in 2012 and Slam Dunk in 2014 and has been nominated for New Beginnings in 2008 and for Sax for Stax in 2009. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Albright grew up in its ...

- Alto saxophone (track 2) *Ronald Bruner – drums (track 11) *Jessica Celious – background vocals (track 9) * Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar solo (track 9) *

Kenny Garrett Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is an American post-bop jazz musician and composer who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his time with Miles Davis's band. His primary instruments are alto a ...

– Alto saxophone, Soloist (tracks 9, 11) *

Macy Gray Natalie Renée McIntyre (born September 6, 1967), known by her stage name Macy Gray, is an American R&B and soul singer and actress. She is known for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday. Gray ha ...

– vocals (track 11) *

Lalah Hathaway Eulaulah Donyll "Lalah" Hathaway (born December 16, 1968) is an American singer. In 1990 Hathaway released her first album titled '' Lalah Hathaway''. After releasing another album, titled ''A Moment'' (1994), it debuted at number 34 on the T ...

– vocals (tracks 2-3) *Kenny Hicks – vocals, credited as "operatic tenor" (track 3) *Craig J "The Count" – percussion (track 3) *Munyungo Jackson – percussion (track 4) *Joey Kibble – background vocals (track 9) *Mark Kibble – background vocals (track 9) *

Eartha Kitt Eartha Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith; January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer and actress known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of " C'est si bon" and the Christmas novelty song " Santa ...

– Vocal sample (track 1) * Gregoire Maret – Harmonica (tracks 4, 8, 10) *

Lucky Peterson Judge Kenneth Peterson (December 13, 1964 – May 17, 2020), known professionally as Lucky Peterson, was an American musician who played contemporary blues, fusing soul, R&B, gospel and rock and roll. He played guitar and keyboards. Music journ ...

– guitar (track 6) *

Kirk Whalum Kirk is a Scottish and former Northern English word meaning "church". It is often used specifically of the Church of Scotland. Many place names and personal names are also derived from it. Basic meaning and etymology As a common noun, ''kirk'' ...

– Tenor saxophone, Soloist (track 5, 7) *

Mocean Worker Mocean Worker (pronounced "motion worker") is the recording alias of jazz musician and producer Adam Dorn. Biography Philadelphia native Adam Dorn is the son of renowned jazz and R'n'B producer Joel Dorn. He grew up around the jazz and R&B disc ...

– Effects, credited as "DJ Efx" (track 5, 7, 13)

Production

*Adam Dorn – engineer *Dropper – engineer *Jack Frisch – Art Direction, Design, Photography *Harold Goode – executive producer *Bibi Green – production coordination *Kumiko Higo – Photography *Takamasa Honda – engineer, assistant engineer, mixing, Technical Supervisor *Goh Hotoda – mixing *Dave Huston – assistant engineer *David Isaac – producer, engineer, mixing *Reuben Jackson – Liner Notes *Mark Kibble – engineer *Kaori Kinoshita – assistant engineer *Hank Martin – executive producer *Zach McNees – assistant engineer *Gretchen ONeal – Coordination *Bryan Russell – assistant engineer *Louie Teran – Mastering *Dennis Thompson – engineer, mixing

References

{{Authority control 2005 albums Marcus Miller albums Albums produced by Marcus Miller E1 Music albums