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Marcus Miller

Marcus Miller

Marcus Miller is the Grammy-winning bassist whose fluid, funky playing has shaped jazz, R&B, and film scores for decades.

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Marcus Miller is the Grammy-winning bassist whose fluid, funky playing has shaped jazz, R&B, and film scores for decades.

MOODS · funky · groovy · soulful · virtuosic · smooth · sophisticated · rhythmic · warm · urban · polished · fusion-leaning · confident

BIOGRAPHY

Marcus Miller (William Henry Marcus Miller Jr.) was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 14, 1959. He built a career as a session musician through the 1970s before joining Miles Davis's band in the 1980s, where he co-wrote and produced much of the album Tutu, including its title track. His writing credits also include "Chicago Song" for David Sanborn, work with Luther Vandross, and "Da Butt," featured in Spike Lee's School Daze. Miller later built a solo catalog including The Sun Don't Lie (1993), the Grammy-winning M s2 (2001), and Marcus (2008), later topping the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart with Renaissance, Afrodeezia, and Laid Black. He is a five-time Grammy winner and UNESCO Artist for Peace, with a session discography topping 500 recordings, including his signature bass work on Bill Withers' "Just the Two of Us" and Luther Vandross's "Never Too Much."

WHY THEY'RE COOL

Few bassists carry a resume like Miller's: architect of Miles Davis's Tutu, writer behind hits for Luther Vandross and David Sanborn, and the low end on classics like Bill Withers' "Just the Two of Us." His solo records, from The Sun Don't Lie to the Grammy-winning M2, show a player equally at home in jazz, funk, and R&B, and his five Grammy wins and honors from the Edison Award to the Los Angeles Jazz Society reflect a career that helped define modern bass playing.

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