One of the most easily recognizable sounds in modern jazz is the resonant thump of Marcus Miller’s thumb against the strings of his Fender bass. Miller, who opened a two-night stand at the ...

I still have my Fender, which I’ve been playing since I was 17 years old, and I play my Sire fretless, and my Sire four-string “I’ve had a Marcus Miller model Fender bass for 20 years,” he explains.

NAMM 2018: It's almost exactly a year since Markbass announced a collaboration with bass heavyweight Marcus Miller at last year's NAMM. Now, for 2018, the Italian bass specialist is ready to reveal ...

For electric bassist Marcus Miller, his current tour with fellow bass giants Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten as the band S.M.V. means more than a chance to showcase his instrument’s creative ...

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 ...

2 thoughts on “ Iconic bass player Marcus Miller to bring ‘whole picture’ to Indy Jazz Fest ” KEVIN P. says: September 13, 2024 at 6:05 am.

Marcus Miller. Afrodeezia (Blue Note) The spark for this recording was bass player Miller’s appointment as spokesperson for UNESCO’s Slave Route Project.

Few musicians today are as versatile as Marcus Miller: bassist, keyboardist, bass clarinetist, film composer, producer and more. He does jazz, rock, jazz-rock, pop, R&B, smooth jazz — anything ...