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Marcus Miller
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Henry Marcus Miller Jr., William Henry Marcus Miller, William Marcus Miller Jr., William Marcus Miller
American musician, composer and producer
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Redemption Wall
- Forgotten Man
- Slave Tracks
- Ghost Operator
- The mother truckers
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Sound · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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,…
Known for
- We Want the Funk! — Self2025
- Marcus Miller @ TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 20252025
- 'Round Miles: A Miles Davis Documentary — Himself2022
- Beneath the Bassline - Lost Backstage — Self2021
- Marcus Miller - Laid Black Tour - Estival Jazz Lugano2019
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool — Self - Musician2019
- Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs — Self2019
- Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris — Self2019
- Marcus Miller: Jazz à la Villette 2019 — bass2019
- Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 20172017
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1959
Discography
- Suddenly1983
- Marcus Miller1984
- The Sun Don't Lie1993
- Tales1995
- Live & More1997
- Panther/Live1998
- The Best of Marcus Miller1998
- m²2001
- The Ozell Tapes: The Official Bootleg2002
- Dreyfus Night in Paris2003
Member of
- The Sunday Night Band1988–1988
- The Sunday Night Band1989–1989
- S. M. V.
- Legends
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 303,023
- Total plays
- 4,447,835
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Marcus Miller (born June 14, 1959 in New York) is a jazz musician, composer, and producer, perhaps best known as a bass guitarist with Miles Davis and David Sanborn. Miller is classically trained as a clarinetist, and also plays bass, keyboards, saxophone, and guitar, and is a capable singer. Miller's proficiency on his main instrument, the electric bass, is generally very well regarded. Not only has Miller pioneered the continuing development of a technique known as "slapping" <a href="https:/
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 80,083x
- Use of Dinitrosalicylic Acid Reagent for Determination of Reducing Sugar
· 1959 · cited 22,264x
- Welcome to the Tidyverse
· 2019 · cited 19,413x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,410x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,384x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. , ( 1959-06-14 ) June 14, 1959 (age 66) , New York City , U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz jazz fusion R&B rock funk smooth jazz
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter record producer
- Instruments
- Bass guitar vocals saxophone clarinet keyboards recorder
- Years active
- 1975–present
- Website
- marcusmiller .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.marcusmiller.com
- Image
- Marcus Miller at Stockholm Jazz Fest 2009.jpg
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- Marcus Miller
- date of birth
- 1959-06-14
- Commons gallery
- Marcus Miller
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- birth name
- William Henry Marcus Miller Jr.
- name in native language
- Marcus Miller
- social media followers
- 88300
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William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonists Wayne Shorter and David Sanborn, among others. He was the main songwriter and producer on three of Davis's albums: Tutu (1986), Music from Siesta (1987), and Amandla (1989). His collaboration with Vandross was especially close; he co-produced and served as the arranger for most of Vandross's albums, and he and Vandross co-wrote many songs, including the hits "I Really Didn't Mean It", "Any Love", "Power of Love/Love Power" and "Don't Want to Be a Fool". Miller also co-wrote the 1988 single "Da Butt" for Experience Unlimited.
Early life