Marcus Miller
Known for: Sound
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
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Film
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Musician
2019
Film
We Want the Funk!
Self
2025
Film
Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
Self
2019
Film
Legends – Live At Montreux
Self
1997
Film
David Sanborn & Friends | The Super Session
Self
2001
Film
Beneath the Bassline - Lost Backstage
Self
2021
Film
Marcus
Self
2015
Film
David Sanborn & Friends - The Super Session II
1999
Film
Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
Himself
2006
Film
Marcus Miller - Live at Jazz in Marciac 2012
Self
2012
Film
Montreux Jazz Festival 2013 - Remember Claude Nobs
Self
2019
Film
Miles Davis – Tutu
1986
Film
SMV: Stanley Clarke Marcus Miller Victor Wooten Jazz a Vienne 2009
2009
Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson - Leverkusen Jazztage Festival
2003
Film
Jazz Under the Skies
Self
1990
Film
Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2012
Self
2012
Film
Marcus Miller - In Concert: Ohne Filter
2001
Film
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
Himself
2011
Film
Marcus Miller - Lugano Estival Jazz
2008
Film
Marcus Miller - AVO Session
2003
Marcus Miller in Gdansk, on the Festival of Solidarity of Arts
2011
Film
Marcus Miller: North Sea Jazz Festival
Himself
2015
Film
Marcus Miller - Laid Black Tour - Estival Jazz Lugano
2019
Clarke-Miller-Wooten "S.M.V. Live In Spain"
Himself
2009
Mozdzer (Solidarity of Arts. Gdansk. 2010)
2010
Film
Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017
2017
Marcus Miller - Leverkusener Jazztage 2015
2015
Film
Marcus Miller - Montreux Jazz Festival 2013
basso, clarinetto basso
2013
Film
Marcus Miller – Power Of Soul
Bass
2004
Film
Marcus Miller: Jazz à la Villette 2019
bass
2019
Film
Marcus Miller @ TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025
2025
Film
Marcus Miller - Tutu Revisited
Self
2010
Film
'Round Miles: A Miles Davis Documentary
Himself
2022
Film
Marcus Miller – Live at Ohne Filter
1994
Film
Marcus Miller - Jazz à Juan Live
2005