- Born
- Birth nameWilliam Henry Marcus Miller Jr.
- Height6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
- Marcus Miller is a Grammy winning musician, composer, arranger and producer. With more than 200 film and television credits as a musician and composer, he recently appeared in the hit documentary Luther: Never Too Much (2024) and Emmy winning documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019). Other work includes Sidney (2022). Marcus scored the Oscar nominated film Marshall (2017).
Marcus has also appeared in several television programs such as The 36th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2013) and Quincy Jones: A musical celebration in Paris (2019), and documentaries including The Miles Davis Documentary (2021).
He hosts a weekly radio program on Real Jazz Sirius XM Radio every Sunday evening.
Marcus is a UNESCO Artist for Peace and serves as a spokesperson for the UNESCO Slave Route Project. He also serves on the Board of Directors of ASCAP.
- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous
- RelativesFoxy Brown(Cousin)
- Pork pie hat
- Marcus has been the recipient of several awards including two Grammy Awards - for Best Rhythm & Blues Song, "Power of Love/Love Power" (1991), and for Best Contemporary Jazz Album "M2" (2001).
- Marcus appears in the official Robert Glasper music video "I Stand Alone" with Common, Don Cheadle, Greg Phillinganes, Gregory Porter, Dianne Reeves, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Trombone Shorty, Patrick Stump and others (October 2014).
- Marcus, along with Stanley Clarke, Boney James and John Burk, was one of the producers of Al Jarreau's tribute CD "My Old Friend" celebrating the music of George Duke. The CD debuted at #1 on the Billboard Jazz chart. (August 2014).
- Marcus was a guest speaker at the Hollywood Walk of Fame induction ceremony for his friend and colleague Luther Vandross (June 3, 2014).
- Marcus is a multi-instrumentalist with recording credits including electric bass, acoustic bass, fretless bass, bass clarinet, clarinet, clavinet, drum programming, drums, guitar, handclapping, keyboards, organ, piano, scratching, shaker, sitar, soprano saxophone, synths, tambourine, tenor saxophone, triangle, udu, background vocals, and more.
- I think jazz is a beautiful, democratic music. It encourages musicians with very strong, and many times, very different points of view to work together as a team while, at the same time, giving them the space to express their individuality. It's a very important art form and can be used as a model for different cultures to work together.
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