Marcus Miller

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 (36 Appearances)

We Want the Funk!

Marcus Miller @ TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025

'Round Miles: A Miles Davis Documentary

Beneath the Bassline - Lost Backstage

Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris

Marcus Miller: Jazz à la Villette 2019

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs

Marcus Miller - Laid Black Tour - Estival Jazz Lugano

Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017

Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Marcus Miller: North Sea Jazz Festival

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Marcus Miller - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013

Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2012

Marcus Miller - Live at Jazz in Marciac 2012

Marcus Miller in Gdansk, on the Festival of Solidarity of Arts

Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne

Mozdzer (Solidarity of Arts. Gdansk. 2010)

Marcus Miller - Tutu Revisited

SMV: Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten Jazz a Vienne 2009

Clarke-Miller-Wooten "S.M.V. Live In Spain"

Marcus Miller - Lugano Estival Jazz

Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades

Marcus Miller - Jazz à Juan Live

Marcus Miller – Power Of Soul

Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson - Leverkusen Jazztage Festival

Marcus Miller - AVO Session

Marcus Miller - In Concert: Ohne Filter

David Sanborn & Friends | The Super Session

David Sanborn & Friends - The Super Session II

Legends – Live At Montreux

Marcus Miller – Live at Ohne Filter

Jazz Under the Skies

Miles Davis – Tutu

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