Marcus Miller
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| Marcus Miller | |
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 Marcus Miller giving a concert in Budapest
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| Birth name | William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. |
| Born | June 14, 1959 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Bandleader, bassist, composer, record producer |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, guitar, keyboard, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, vocals |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Website | http://www.marcusmiller.com/ |
Marcus Miller (born June 14, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Grammy Award-winning jazz musician, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist.
Miller is perhaps best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn as well as a prolific solo career. Miller is classically trained as a clarinetist, and also plays bass clarinet, keyboard, saxophone, and guitar.
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[edit] Formative years
As a child, Miller was around music a lot and always fooling around on the piano: His father played piano and organ (mainly in church). His father's family also includes cousin Wynton Kelly, a very influential jazz pianist who played with Miles Davis in the late fifties. At the age of eight Miller began playing the recorder, and the clarinet at age ten at the public schools he attended. In middle school, he learned saxophone as well. M