Marcus Miller
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Having earned lofty status in bass-hero circles, Marcus Miller lent his vocal chops to Hadrien Feraud’s take on Chick Corea’s India Town
By Chris Jisi published
Hadrien Feraud offers a track-by-track guide to his 2015 solo album, Born in the ’80s

20 funk bass legends who took low-end groove to new heights
By Nick Wells published
A rundown of the best funk bass players of all time, featuring the trailblazers, the early innovators, and the monster groovers around today

How Marcus Miller found his voice – and became one of the most-imitated bassists in the biz
By Chris Jisi published
The bass icon breaks down his formative influences, and how he gave everyone from Prince to Beethoven a low-end makeover via his '77 Fender Jazz

Marcus Miller reveals the primary reason why Anthony Jackson started putting him forward for sessions
By Janelle Borg published
Despite its popularity in the late ’70s, Anthony Jackson disliked the bass technique Miller was specializing in

The 20 greatest slap bass songs of all time
By Nick Wells published
These masterful slap basslines chart the evolution of the quintessential bass technique, from Larry Graham to today's YouTube heroes

“If I overplayed behind a singer, there’d be a guy waiting for me with a knife!” Marcus Miller looks back on his 2008 solo effort, Marcus
By Chris Jisi published
Always in demand, Marcus Miller looks back on his 2008 solo effort, Marcus

“I'd never heard somebody play the bass like that”: How Don Blackman’s 1982 classic album inspired a young Marcus Miller
By Chris Jisi published
The session ace-turned-solo artist recalls his earliest bass hero, and the swung-funk bassline on Don Blackman’s Heart’s Desire

“The phone rings and it's Jaco Pastorius. He says, 'I’m in room 265, come up here and get your lesson!'” Marcus Miller on an encounter with the self-proclaimed ‘greatest bass player in the world’
By Nick Wells published
Marcus Miller on what he learnt from Jaco Pastorius and why replacing him in Weather Report was “a beat down waiting to happen!”

The 10 best covers of Charles Mingus songs
By Nick Wells published
From Keith Richards to Joni Mitchell, we chart the 10 best takes on ‘The Angry Man of Jazz’, Charles Mingus

Watch Will Lee and Richard Bona cover Liberty City by Jaco Pastorius in this exclusive clip from the Beneath The Bassline documentary
By Nick Wells published
Video Jaco Pastorius would have been 71 this week. Watch our exclusive clip as Will Lee, Richard Bona, Marcus Miller, Christian McBride, Robert Trujillo, Nik West and Laurence Cottle remember the genius of Jaco
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