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Marcus Miller
Born 1959-06-14Brooklyn, New York, USA
William Henry Marcus Miller Jr., more commonly known as Marcus Miller, is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer, but is best known for playing the bass guitar. Born June 14, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York, he grew up in a family of musicians, specifically his father William Miller, a church organist, and his cousin, jazz pianist Wynton Kelly. Miller plays guitar, saxophone, bass, keyboards, clarinet, and the recorder. Starting in 1975, he performed as a session musician for 15 years, eventually playing the bass on over 500 recordings. He also currently records and tours as a bandleader.
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We Want the Funk!SelfMarcus Miller @ TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025Role'Round Miles: A Miles Davis DocumentarySelfBeneath the Bassline - Lost BackstageSelfQuincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in ParisSelfMarcus Miller: Jazz à la Villette 2019bassMiles Davis: Birth of the CoolSelf - MusicianMontreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude NobsSelfMarcus Miller - Laid Black Tour - Estival Jazz LuganoRoleMarcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017RoleMarcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2015RoleMarcus Miller: North Sea Jazz FestivalHimselfMarcusSelfMarcus Miller - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013basso, clarinetto bassoMarcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2012SelfMarcus Miller - Live at Jazz in Marciac 2012SelfMarcus Miller in Gdansk, on the Festival of Solidarity of ArtsRoleTribute to Miles - Jazz à VienneHimselfMozdzer (Solidarity of Arts. Gdansk. 2010)RoleMarcus Miller - Tutu RevisitedSelfSMV: Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten Jazz a Vienne 2009RoleClarke-Miller-Wooten "S.M.V. Live In Spain"HimselfMarcus Miller - Lugano Estival JazzRoleMarcus Miller - Master Of All TradesHimself