Marcus Miller
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- June 14, 1959 · 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
Filmography
- Misty Green · Music
- We Want the Funk! · Self
- Marcus Miller @ TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025
- Candy Cane Lane · Music, Orchestrator
- 'Round Miles: A Miles Davis Documentary · Self
- Beneath the Bassline - Lost Backstage · Self
- Safety · Music
- Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris · Self
- Marcus Miller: Jazz à la Villette 2019 · bass
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool · Self
- Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs · Self
- Marcus Miller - Laid Black Tour - Estival Jazz Lugano
- Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017
- Marshall · Music
- Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Marcus Miller: North Sea Jazz Festival · Self
- Marcus · Self
- About Last Night · Music
- Marcus Miller - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 · basso, clarinetto basso
- Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2012 · Self
- Marcus Miller - Live at Jazz in Marciac 2012 · Self
- Mardi Gras: Spring Break · Music
- Marcus Miller in Gdansk, on the Festival of Solidarity of Arts
- Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne · Self
- Mozdzer (Solidarity of Arts. Gdansk. 2010)
- Marcus Miller - Tutu Revisited · Self
- SMV: Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten Jazz a Vienne 2009
- Good Hair · Music
- Clarke-Miller-Wooten "S.M.V. Live In Spain" · Self
- Marcus Miller - Lugano Estival Jazz
- This Christmas · Music
- I Think I Love My Wife · Music
- Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades · Self
- Everybody Hates Chris · Theme Song Performance, Music
- Marcus Miller - Jazz à Juan Live
- King's Ransom · Music
- Marcus Miller – Power Of Soul · Bass
- Breakin' All the Rules · Music
- Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson - Leverkusen Jazztage Festival
- Head of State · Music
- Deliver Us from Eva · Music
- Marcus Miller - AVO Session
- Serving Sara · Music
- Two Can Play That Game · Music
- Marcus Miller - In Concert: Ohne Filter
- The Trumpet of the Swan · Music
- David Sanborn & Friends | The Super Session · Self
- The Ladies Man · Music
- An American Love Story · Music
- David Sanborn & Friends - The Super Session II
- Lethal Weapon 4 · Additional Music
- The 6th Man · Music
- Legends – Live At Montreux · Self
- The Great White Hype · Music
- A Low Down Dirty Shame · Music
- Marcus Miller – Live at Ohne Filter
- Above the Rim · Music
- Boomerang · Music
- Jazz Under the Skies · Self
- House Party · Music
- Siesta · Music
- Miles Davis – Tutu · Director, Compositor
- Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine · Additional Music
- The Shady Hill Kidnapping · Additional Music