Marcus Miller
Sound • Born 1959-06-14
Biography
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
34 credits
Beneath the Bassline - Lost Backstage
Movie • 2021
Self
Marcus Miller - Laid Black Tour - Estival Jazz Lugano
Movie • 2019
Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
Movie • 2006
Himself
Clarke-Miller-Wooten "S.M.V. Live In Spain"
Movie • 2009
Himself
Marcus Miller - Tutu Revisited
Movie • 2010
Self
Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2012
Movie • 2012
Self
Marcus Miller - Live at Jazz in Marciac 2012
Movie • 2012
Self
Mozdzer (Solidarity of Arts. Gdansk. 2010)
Movie • 2010
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
Movie • 2011
Himself
Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson - Leverkusen Jazztage Festival
Movie • 2003
David Sanborn & Friends | The Super Session
Movie • 2001
Self
Marcus Miller in Gdansk, on the Festival of Solidarity of Arts
Movie • 2011
Miles Davis – Tutu
Movie • 1986
'Round Miles: A Miles Davis Documentary
Movie • 2022
Himself
Marcus Miller - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013
Movie • 2013
basso, clarinetto basso
Marcus Miller – Power Of Soul
Movie • 2004
Bass
Marcus Miller - AVO Session
Movie • 2003
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Movie • 2019
Self - Musician
Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2015
Movie • 2015
Jazz Under the Skies
Movie • 1990
Self
David Sanborn & Friends - The Super Session II
Movie • 1999
Marcus Miller: North Sea Jazz Festival
Movie • 2015
Himself
Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs
Movie • 2019
Self
SMV: Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten Jazz a Vienne 2009
Movie • 2009
Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
Movie • 2019
Self
Marcus
Movie • 2015
Self
Marcus Miller - In Concert: Ohne Filter
Movie • 2001
Marcus Miller - Lugano Estival Jazz
Movie • 2008
Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017
Movie • 2017
Marcus Miller: Jazz à la Villette 2019
Movie • 2019
bass
We Want the Funk!
Movie • 2025
Self
Legends – Live At Montreux
Movie • 1997
Self
Marcus Miller @ TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025
Movie • 2025
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self