3/23/2021 0 Comments Marcus Miller Albums
Even the most devoted follower may be astonished to realize that Renaissance is only his eighth studio project since his 1983 debut, Suddenly, considering the abundance of occasions Millers name has appeared within album credits and that he has dazzled with performances, compositions and productions in the company of some of the worlds most respected and accomplished players and superstars from the mid-70s to the present.As a multi-instrumentalist, Marcus is highly proficient as a keyboardist, clarinetistbass clarinetist and, primarily, as a world-renowned electric bassist, topping critics and readers polls for three decades.
As a film music pro, Miller rose from writing the go-go party classic Da Butt for Spike Lees School Daze to becoming the go-to composer for 20 films (from the documentary 1 Love to the animated childrens fable The Trumpet and The Swan to the Eddie MurphyHalle Berry classic Boomerang). As a producer, writer and player, he was the last primary collaborator of jazz legend Miles Davis, contributing the composition and album Tutu to the canon of contemporary jazz music. Style, soul and intense professionalism have set Marcus Miller at the top of his game for three decades now. Marcus was born in 1959 and raised in a musical family that includes his father, William Miller (a church organist and choir director) and jazz pianist Wynton Kelly. By 13, Marcus was proficient on clarinet, piano and bass guitar, and already writing songs. Two years later he was working regularly in New York City, eventually playing bass and writing music for jazz flutist Bobbi Humphrey and keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith. Miller soon became a top call session musician, gracing well over 500 albums, recording with musicians and in countries around the globe from Frank Sinatra and Elton John to Bill Withers and LL Cool J. Following the fan-demanded Live and More in 1997, Miller released M2 (M-Squared) on his own 3 Deuces Records label and won his second GRAMMY, 2001s Best Contemporary Jazz Album. A second double live CD, The Ozell Tapes: The Official Bootleg (2003) came next, followed by Silver Rain (2005) and Free (2008) featuring his GRAMMY-nominated crowd-rouser of Middle Eastern Funk, Blast. In 2008, he co-led the all-star bass trio S.M.V. Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten for an album (entitled Thunder) followed by an extensive world tour. A concert Marcus arranged and produced with his own band and The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra featuring trumpeter Roy Hargrove and vocalist Raul Midn was recorded the same year and subsequently released as A Night in Monte-Carlo. In 2011 Marcus went on from Tutu Revisited to co-lead another trio DMS, a funk-jazz collaboration with George Duke and David Sanborn. In the summer of 2012 Marcus conceived of and produced the Tribute to Miles tour, a 9-city tour of Europe with fellow Davis alumni Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, in which they presented their unique vision of every era of Miles music. In the midst of all of his tours, Miller still miraculously made time to continue working in the studio, co-producing George Bensons concept album Songs Stories and Dave Kozs GRAMMYnominated CD Hello Tomorrow. Now, duly fortified and deeply inspired, Marcus Miller returns to composing and exploring new music of his own on Renaissance with a sharper focus than ever before, a new band of curious and like-minded young musicians, and a mission to travel the world country by country, city by city, venue by venue to take the message of this musical movement straight to the hearts, souls and minds of the people. Suite 2G Long Beach, CA 90807 Phone: 562.424.0013 Fax: 562.424.0443 inforainbowpromotions.com.
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