Wade Marcus

{{Short description|American musician}} thumb|Marcus in a 1976 publicity photo '''Wade Marcus''' was a music producer and arranger associated with the Motown sound during the 1970s.<ref name="ALLMUSIC" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Licks |first1=Dr |title=Standing in the shadows of Motown : the life and music of legendary bassist James Jamerson |date=1989 |publisher=Dr. Licks Pub. |location=Wynnewood, Pa. |isbn=9780881888829 |page=39}}</ref> He composed the music to the film ''The Final Comedown'' with Grant Green.<ref name="ALLMUSIC" /> He also produced albums by The Blackbyrds, Gary Bartz, A Taste of Honey, The Sylvers, Eddie Kendricks, The Dramatics, Peaches & Herb, Donald Byrd, G. C. Cameron, Stevie Wonder and The Emotions.<ref name=ALLMUSIC>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p25751/credits|pure_url=yes}} allmusic Biography]</ref>

==Discography== === As leader === * ''A New Era'' (Cotillion, 1971) * ''Metamorphosis'' (Impulse!, 1976)

=== As arranger === '''With Ron Carter''' * ''Parade'' (Milestone, 1979) * ''Super Strings'' (Milestone, 1981)

'''With Grant Green''' * ''Shades of Green'' (Blue Note, 1972) – rec. 1971 * ''The Final Comedown'' (Blue Note, 1972) – rec. 1971

'''With Bobbi Humphrey''' * ''Flute-In'' (Blue Note, 1971) * ''Dig This!'' (Blue Note, 1972)

'''With Marlena Shaw''' * ''Marlena'' (Blue Note, 1972) * ''From the Depths of My Soul'' (Blue Note, 1973)

'''With others''' * Brass Fever, ''Brass Fever'' (Impulse!, 1975) * Horace Silver, ''Silver 'n Brass'' (Blue Note, 1975) * Bo Diddley, ''Big Bad Bo'' (Chess, 1974) * Ronnie Foster, ''Two Headed Freap'' (Blue Note, 1972) * Bobby Hutcherson, ''Natural Illusions'' (Blue Note, 1972) * Blue Mitchell, ''Stratosonic Nuances'' (RCA, 1975) * Sonny Stitt, ''Satan'' (Cadet, 1974) * Stanley Turrentine, ''Everybody Come On Out'' (Fantasy, 1976) * Reuben Wilson, ''Set Us Free'' (Blue Note, 1971)

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