Marcus Miller

Marcus Miller is one of those rare musicians where you realize within about ten seconds that you're in the presence of someone operating on a completely different level. Born in New York City in 1959 and trained at LaGuardia High School — that legendary arts factory — he went on to become Miles Davis's go-to songwriter and producer for landmark albums like Tutu and Amandla, which is basically the jazz equivalent of being handed the keys to the kingdom. His slap bass technique is ferocious and precise, but what really gets me is how musical it always sounds — never showy for the sake of it. Throw in the fact that he plays clarinet and saxophone with equal fluency, collaborated with Herbie Hancock, Luther Vandross, and Wayne Shorter, and earned an Icon Award in 2013, and the case basically makes itself: this guy is the complete package.

Name (English)

Marcus Miller

Name (Japanese)

マーカス・ミラー

Reading

まーかす・みらー

Born

June 14, 1959 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

bassist / composer / clarinetist / jazz musician / saxophonist

High school

Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School

Awards & achievements

• 2013 Icon Award
• 2018 Officer of the Order of Cultural Merit

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.marcusmiller.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/therealmarcusmiller/
• Xhttps://x.com/MarcusMiller959
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC

Tags

• New York
• bassist
• composer
• clarinetist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.