Marcus Miller
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.
Filmography
We Want the Funk!
2025
as Self
Marcus Miller @ TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025
2025
'Round Miles: A Miles Davis Documentary
2022
as Self
Beneath the Bassline - Lost Backstage
2021
as Self
Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
2019
as Self
Marcus Miller: Jazz à la Villette 2019
2019
as bass
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
as Self - Musician
Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs
2019
as Self
Marcus Miller - Laid Black Tour - Estival Jazz Lugano
2019
Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017
2017
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Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2015
2015
Marcus Miller: North Sea Jazz Festival
2015
as Himself
Marcus
2015
as Self
Marcus Miller - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013
2013
as basso, clarinetto basso
Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2012
2012
as Self
Marcus Miller - Live at Jazz in Marciac 2012
2012
as Self
- No poster
Marcus Miller in Gdansk, on the Festival of Solidarity of Arts
2011
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
2011
as Himself
- No poster
Mozdzer (Solidarity of Arts. Gdansk. 2010)
2010
Marcus Miller - Tutu Revisited
2010
as Self
SMV: Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten Jazz a Vienne 2009
2009
- No poster
Clarke-Miller-Wooten "S.M.V. Live In Spain"
2009
as Himself
Marcus Miller - Lugano Estival Jazz
2008
Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
2006
as Himself