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The Complete Arista Albums Collection
by John Kelman
When fusion first emerged in the late 1960s/early '70s with artists like trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Chick Corea and guitarist John McLaughlin, the emphasis was on guitar and keyboard heavy lineups like Return to Forever and Mahavishnu Orchestra, with an equally strong predilection for the intensity and volume of rock and a kind of thundering funk that was different than the kind of music coming from R&B and soul artists like Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire. Parallel to ...
Continue ReadingMarcus Miller: Renaissance
by John Kelman
Some things change, other things stay the same. Marcus Miller--producer and performer with everyone from soul singer Luther Vandross and pianist Herbie Hancock to guitarist George Benson and Miles Davis, composing and producing the trumpeter's late period classic Tutu (Warner Bros., 1986)--has been releasing solo albums since 1983, but it was with The Sun Don't Lie (PRA, 1993) and Tales (PRA, 1994) that the bassist/bass clarinetist established a modus operandi that has served him well in the ensuing decades. Renaissance ...
Continue ReadingMarcus Miller: Renaissance Man
by Pheralyn Dove
[Editor's Note: On Sunday, November 25, 2012, All About Jazz learned that Marcus Miller sustained non-life-threatening injuries during a bus crash on the A2 highway in central Switzerland. Unfortunately, the driver was killed in the accident. Online sources report that the bus was carrying 13 people, including two drivers and the 11 members Miller's band. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. AAJ sends condolences to the victim's family and loved ones, as well as healing thoughts for ...
Continue ReadingMarcus Miller: Renaissance
by AAJ Italy Staff
Renaissance è il nuovo lavoro del bassista Marcus Miller, che torna a incidere un album in studio a quattro anni di distanza dal precedente Marcus. Una prova attesa con molta curiosità dalla critica e dalle schiere di fan che lo seguono con religioso interesse, nella quale possiamo trovare otto nuove composizioni e quattro rivisitazioni, tra le quali I'll Be There dei Jackson Five. Lo stile inconfondibile di Miller pervade l'intera registrazione, caratterizzando introduzioni e melodie, strofe di passaggio e primi ...
Continue ReadingMarcus Miller: Tutu Revisited [2 CD + 1 DVD]
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Il bassista Marcus Miller ci propone questo album in confezione maxi che comprende due CD e un DVD registrati dal vivo a Lione, qualche giorno prima del Natale del 2009. Il tutto serve a ben documentare il tour intitolato Tutu Revisited che vuole riportare l'attenzione sull'album di Miles Davis del 1986 che aveva imposto all'attenzione del mondo jazzistico le superbe doti di arrangiatore e compositore di Marcus Miller. Un grande bassista in primis ma anche un produttore capace di allargare ...
Continue ReadingMarcus Miller: A Night in Monte Carlo
by Chuck Koton
It's been more than four years since James Brown, the “hardest working man in show business," departed this Earth for an ethereal stage, time enough to anoint a successor. Bassist Marcus Miller deserves consideration--a tribute that would, no doubt, put a smile on the face of the Godfather of Soul. After all, a typical year for the virtuosic bassist includes months of global touring (he just returned from a tour that took him to five continents, featuring his unforgettable '80s ...
Continue ReadingMarcus Miller: The Perfect Balance
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
Marcus Miller is a master musician of calm wisdom and impeccable taste, whose talent has been exposed to the elements under different kinds of light through the years, only to magnify the evident supremacy he so gently seems to hold over the bass guitar in recent years. As a multi-instrumentalist of deep musical curiosity, he has also placed a difficult instrument like the bass clarinet as one of his most distinctive trademarks. His recordings are always surprising, and his soul ...
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