
Person
Marcus Miller
Sound · Born 1959-06-14 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Known for

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self

Everybody Hates Chris
Theme Song Performance

Lethal Weapon 4
Additional Music

House Party
Original Music Composer

Candy Cane Lane
Orchestrator

Boomerang
Original Music Composer

Two Can Play That Game
Music

Marshall
Original Music Composer

I Think I Love My Wife
Original Music Composer

Mardi Gras: Spring Break
Original Music Composer
Filmography
- 2025We Want the Funk!Self
- 2025Marcus Miller @ TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025
- 2023Candy Cane LaneOrchestrator
- 2022'Round Miles: A Miles Davis DocumentaryHimself
- 2021Beneath the Bassline - Lost BackstageSelf
- 2020SafetyOriginal Music Composer
- 2019Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in ParisSelf
- 2019Marcus Miller: Jazz à la Villette 2019bass
- 2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolSelf - Musician
- 2019Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude NobsSelf
- 2019Marcus Miller - Laid Black Tour - Estival Jazz Lugano
- 2017Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017
- 2017MarshallOriginal Music Composer
- 2015Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2015
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf
- 2015Marcus Miller: North Sea Jazz FestivalHimself
- 2015MarcusSelf
- 2014About Last NightOriginal Music Composer
- 2013Marcus Miller - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013basso, clarinetto basso
- 2012Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2012Self
- 2012Marcus Miller - Live at Jazz in Marciac 2012Self
- 2011Mardi Gras: Spring BreakOriginal Music Composer
- 2011Marcus Miller in Gdansk, on the Festival of Solidarity of Arts
- 2011Tribute to Miles - Jazz à VienneHimself
- 2010Mozdzer (Solidarity of Arts. Gdansk. 2010)
- 2010Marcus Miller - Tutu RevisitedSelf
- 2009SMV: Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten Jazz a Vienne 2009
- 2009Good HairOriginal Music Composer
- 2009Clarke-Miller-Wooten "S.M.V. Live In Spain"Himself
- 2008Marcus Miller - Lugano Estival Jazz
- 2007This ChristmasOriginal Music Composer
- 2007I Think I Love My WifeOriginal Music Composer
- 2006Marcus Miller - Master Of All TradesHimself
- 2005Everybody Hates ChrisTheme Song Performance
- 2005Marcus Miller - Jazz à Juan Live
- 2005King's RansomOriginal Music Composer
- 2004Marcus Miller – Power Of SoulBass
- 2004Breakin' All the RulesOriginal Music Composer
- 2003Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson - Leverkusen Jazztage Festival
- 2003Head of StateOriginal Music Composer
- 2003Deliver Us from EvaOriginal Music Composer
- 2003Marcus Miller - AVO Session
- 2002Serving SaraOriginal Music Composer
- 2001Two Can Play That GameMusic
- 2001Marcus Miller - In Concert: Ohne Filter
- 2001The Trumpet of the SwanOriginal Music Composer
- 2001David Sanborn & Friends | The Super SessionSelf
- 2000The Ladies ManOriginal Music Composer
- 1999An American Love StoryOriginal Music Composer
- 1999David Sanborn & Friends - The Super Session II
- 1998Lethal Weapon 4Additional Music
- 1997The 6th ManOriginal Music Composer
- 1997Legends – Live At MontreuxSelf
- 1996The Great White HypeOriginal Music Composer
- 1994A Low Down Dirty ShameOriginal Music Composer
- 1994Marcus Miller – Live at Ohne Filter
- 1994Above the RimOriginal Music Composer
- 1992BoomerangOriginal Music Composer
- 1990Jazz Under the SkiesSelf
- 1990House PartyOriginal Music Composer
- 1987SiestaOriginal Music Composer
- 1986Miles Davis – Tutu
- 1982Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of MineAdditional Music
- 1982The Shady Hill KidnappingAdditional Music
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