Double Bass / Electric Bass / Bass Clarinet

Marcus Miller

(1959–)

Brooklyn, NY, United States

Marcus Miller (b. 1959) — Double Bass, Electric Bass. Led Tales, Free. Worked with Kenny Garrett, Miles Davis, Al Foster.

Brooklyn-born bassist who established himself as a top session player before producing and playing nearly every instrument on Miles Davis's comeback album Tutu (1986). Long-standing collaborator with Luther Vandross, David Sanborn, and Roberta Flack. A multi-instrumentalist equally at home on bass, bass clarinet, and keyboards.

Marcus MillerMarcus Millerマーカス・ミラー first played on Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス's 1981 comeback album The Man with the Horn as a session bassist. Five years later, Miles asked him to produce Tutu (1986), on which Miller played nearly every instrument — bass, keyboards, guitar, drum programming. The sideman became the producer.

— Tutu (Miles Davis album)

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Marcus Miller's albums

Amandla

Miles Davis · 1989

Silk

Fuse One · 1981

Tales

Marcus Miller · 1995

The Silencer

Mark Gray & Superfriends · 1984

Amandla (1989) carries Miles Davis's name, but Marcus Miller wrote most of it, produced it, and overdubbed keyboards and bass clarinet alongside his own bass. The man who had been the band's bassist a few years earlier was now designing the sound itself.

Marcus Miller's albums