Silver Rain is an album by bassist Marcus Miller. Named after a poem by Langston Hughes, it was released in 2005.
Track listing
All compositions by Marcus Miller, except as noted. "Intro Duction" – 0:30 "Bruce Lee" – 5:23 "La Villette" (Miller, Lalah Hathaway) – 5:54 "Behind The Smile" – 6:24 "Frankenstein" (Edgar Winter) – 6:33 "Moonlight Sonata" (Ludwig van Beethoven) – 7:38 "Boogie On Reggae Woman" (Stevie Wonder) – 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) – 5:36 "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 5:23 "Power of Soul" (Jimi Hendrix) – 6:53 "Outro Duction" – 0:53 "If Only For One Night" (Brenda Russell) -> "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 – 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, Synthesizer Bass (tracks 5, 9, 13, 15) Patches Stewart – Trumpet (track 2, 5-6, 9, 11, 13, 15) Bernard Wright – keyboards (tracks 2-3, 6, 13)
Guests
Gerald Albright - Alto saxophone (track 2) Ronald Bruner – drums (track 11) Jessica Celious – background vocals (track 9) Eric Clapton – vocals, guitar solo (track 9) Kenny Garrett – Alto saxophone, Soloist (tracks 9, 11) Macy Gray – vocals (track 11) Lalah Hathaway – 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 – Vocal sample (track 1) Gregoire Maret – Harmonica (tracks 4, 8, 10) Lucky Peterson – guitar (track 6) Kirk Whalum – Tenor saxophone, Soloist (track 5, 7) Mocean Worker – Effects, credited as "DJ Efx" (track 5, 7, 13)