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Marcus Miller

Known For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jun 14, 1959 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting
2025We Want the Funk!Self
2025Marcus Miller @ TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025
2022'Round Miles: A Miles Davis DocumentaryHimself
2021Beneath the Bassline - Lost BackstageSelf
2019Marcus Miller - Laid Black Tour - Estival Jazz Lugano
2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolSelf - Musician
2019Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude NobsSelf
2019Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in ParisSelf
2019Marcus Miller: Jazz à la Villette 2019bass
2017Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017
2015Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2015
2015Marcus Miller: North Sea Jazz FestivalHimself
2015MarcusSelf
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
2013Marcus Miller - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013basso, clarinetto basso
2012Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2012Self
2012Marcus Miller - Live at Jazz in Marciac 2012Self
2011Tribute to Miles - Jazz à VienneHimself
2011Marcus Miller in Gdansk, on the Festival of Solidarity of Arts
2010Marcus Miller - Tutu RevisitedSelf
2010Mozdzer (Solidarity of Arts. Gdansk. 2010)
2009Clarke-Miller-Wooten "S.M.V. Live In Spain"Himself
2009SMV: Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten Jazz a Vienne 2009
2008Marcus Miller - Lugano Estival Jazz
2006Marcus Miller - Master Of All TradesHimself
2004Marcus Miller – Power Of SoulBass
2003Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson - Leverkusen Jazztage Festival
2003Marcus Miller - AVO Session
2001David Sanborn & Friends | The Super SessionSelf
2001Marcus Miller - In Concert: Ohne Filter
1999David Sanborn & Friends - The Super Session II
1997Legends – Live At MontreuxSelf
1990Jazz Under the SkiesSelf
1986Miles Davis – Tutu
Directing
1986Miles Davis – TutuDirector
Crew
1998Lethal Weapon 4Additional Music
1986Miles Davis – TutuCompositor
1982The Shady Hill KidnappingAdditional Music
1982Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of MineAdditional Music