American jazz bassist, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist known for fusion and funk-inflected jazz, noted for work with Miles Davis and for composing/arranging on late Davis albums.

Composed and arranged Miles Davis's albums Tutu (1986) and Amandla (1989); multiple Grammy winner; celebrated for his Fender Jazz Bass sound and slap technique; long career as bandleader, session player and producer.

Reviews praise Marcus Miller's fusion of jazz, funk and R&B, his tasteful use of slap bass and Fender Jazz sound, and his work with Miles Davis. Recommended albums in the reviews include M² and The Sun Don't Lie, plus a notable live appearance on Dreyfus Night In Paris. Overall the reviews are strongly favorable and highlight both studio craft and live interplay.

For:Fans of jazz, jazz-fusion, funk and listeners interested in Miles Davis-era electric jazz.

 A quintet spontaneously formed for the occasion and composed, besides Michel Petrucciani at the piano, of Marcus Miller on bass, Biréli Lagrène on guitar, Lenny White on drums, and Kenny Garrett on soprano sax.

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 M2, an album released in 2001, winner of a Grammy award, represents the pinnacle of Miller's most mature and prolific phase;

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 This album represents everything that is Miller's music, it is and remains his most beautiful record, and it is certainly one of the greatest fusion releases ever.

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