Jazz Articles about Marcus Miller

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Marcus Miller: Tutu Revisited [2 CD + 1 DVD]

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 28, 2012

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 ...

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Marcus Miller: A Night in Monte Carlo

by Chuck Koton
February 19, 2011

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 ...

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Marcus Miller: The Perfect Balance

by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
January 31, 2011

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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Marcus Miller: A Night in Monte-Carlo

by Woodrow Wilkins
January 26, 2011

He's the man in the porkpie hat. Bassist, composer, arranger and producer Marcus Miller matches classical with jazz on A Night in Monte-Carlo, featuring L'Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo. Miller, a two-time Grammy Award-winner, has a diverse and vast discography as a leader, producer and sideman. Among his numerous credits are work with Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, Donald Fagen, Dizzy Gillespie, David Sanborn, Bob James and Al Jarreau. The strings warm up the set, recorded during the ...

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Marcus Miller: The Man of Many Hats

by R.J. DeLuke
April 28, 2008

Pictures of Marcus Miller often show him wearing what is almost a trademark porkpie hat. Truth is, the extraordinary musician wears many hats, some of them simultaneously.He's proven himself a master of the electric bass in any setting from jazz to pop to funk to R&B, always with a rich, soulful sound. He's also a stellar producer and arranger, having been involved in a variety of projects for stars and megastars including Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, Roberta Flack, ...

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Marcus Miller: Free

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 30, 2008

Marcus Miller riporta prepotentemente il focus sullo strumento che lo ha fatto diventare famoso alla corte di re Miles Davis. Era il lontano 1981 e il suono del basso elettrico di Marcus era uno degli ingredienti più interessanti che segnarono il ritorno sulle scene del trombettista, dopo cinque anni abbondanti di esilio auto-imposto. Fu un legame che durò nel tempo e progressivamente Marcus Miller diventò una sorta di alter ego di Miles, almeno a livello produttivo, e la loro partnership ...

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Miller/Petrucciani/Lagrene/White/Garrett: Dreyfus Night in Paris

by AAJ Staff
January 3, 2004

Nearly a decade after its concert appearance in Paris, this all-star quintet has finally made it onto record. The Dreyfus Night, first convened in Paris in 1993, was in its second reincarnation, and the highlight of five gluttonous hours of music was a star-studded band pulled together by label head Francis Dreyfus. The much-hyped group included three Miles Davis alumni alongside guitarist Bireli Lagrene and pianist Michel Petrucciani.

As one might expect from the fusioneering cast, the performance ...