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."