Metamorphosis is an album by jazz arranger Wade Marcus, released in 1976 on ABC Records/Impulse! Records.[1] The album peaked at number 38 on the Top Jazz Albums chart.
| Metamorphosis | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1976 |
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| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 41:41 |
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| Producer | Esmond Edwards |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Soloist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Metamorphosis" | Wade Marcus | 8:50 | |
| 2. | "Sugar Loaf Sunrise" | Esmond Edwards | Ritenour | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Would You Like to Ride" | Marlo Henderson | Ritenour | 3:58 |
| 4. | "Journey to Morocco" | Marcus |
| 5:59 |
| Total length: | 22:47 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Soloist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Poinciana" |
| 7:00 | |
| 2. | "Feelings" | Morris Albert |
| 5:11 |
| 3. | "Funk Machine" | Henderson | Green | 3:18 |
| 4. | "Daniel" | 3:25 | ||
| Total length: | 18:54 | |||
Personnel
editPersonnel as listed on the back cover.
- Joe Sample – keyboards
- Sonny Burke – keyboards
- Lee Ritenour – guitar
- Henry Davis – bass guitar
- Scott Edwards – bass guitar
- Chuck Domanico – acoustic bass guitar on "Metamorphosis"
- Harvey Mason – drums
- Bill Summers – percussion
- Gary Coleman – vibraphone
- "Red" Holloway – saxophone
- Fred Jackson, Jr. – reeds, woodwind
- Jerome Richardson – saxophone, clarinet, flute
- Buddy Collette – reeds, woodwind
- Bill Green – reeds, woodwind
- Warren Luening – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Britt Woodman – trombone
- Carl LaMagna – violin
- Marcia Van Dyke – violin
- Lya Stern – violin
- Karen Jones – violin
- Winterton Garvey – violin
- Haim Shtrum – violin
- Ken Yerke – violin
- Janice Gower – violin
- Assa Drori – violin
- William Henderson – violin
- Sheldon Sanov – violin
- Rollice Dale – viola
- David Campbell – viola
- Pamela Goldsmith – viola
- Denyse Buffum – viola
- Arthur Royval – viola
- Dennis Karmazyn – cello
- Selene Hurford – cello
- Ronald Cooper – cello
- David Speltz – cello
- Richard Feves – double bass
- Dorothy Ashby – harp
- Maxine Waters Willard – vocals
- Julia Waters Tillman – vocals
- Jessica Smith – vocals
- Oren Waters – vocals
- Luther Waters – vocals
- Wade Marcus – arranger, conductor
- Esmond Edwards – producer
- Charles Veal, Jr. – concertmaster
- Gregg Venable – recording engineer
- Barney Perkins – recording engineer, mixing engineer
- Tom Wilkes – art direction
- John L. Eastman – illustration
Charts
edit| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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| US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[2] | 38 |
References
editExternal links
editMetamorphosis at Discogs (list of releases)