Wade Marcus

Wade Marcus was a music producer and arranger associated with the Motown sound during the 1970s.^[1][2] He composed the music to the film The Final Comedown with Grant Green.^[1] 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.^[1]

Marcus in a 1976 publicity photo

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)