Marcus Miller Special Bass Clinic

August 9, 2019 6:48 PM

How to make the bass sound As explained by a leading bass guitar player in the jazz world;

Marcus Miller can also be heard here with Miles Davis in 1982.

And here in 2013 at the Metropole Orkest - Edison Jazz/World Awards.

And employing some Turkish musical inspiration in 2016

posted by mightshould (6 comments total)

"If you sounded like that you'd be fired...."
posted by mightshould at 7:01 PM on August 9, 2019 [1 favorite]

Obligatory
posted by STFUDonnie at 7:23 PM on August 9, 2019 [5 favorites]

Fantastic. I needed that...he’s one of those players, I love hearing how he responds to how he hears the world... if that makes any sense.
Thanks!
posted by pt68 at 8:59 PM on August 9, 2019 [2 favorites]

I saw him on one of the tours he and Stanley Clarke and Victor Wooten did; and he had probably the best live bass sound I have ever heard. The only other artist I have seen who sounded so much dramatically superior to recordings was B.B. King. That was before this Sire endorsement; I assume he was playing a Sadowsky, a beautiful bass, that costs several times what the Sire sells for.
posted by thelonius at 10:31 PM on August 9, 2019 [1 favorite]

Miller on his other axe
posted by thelonius at 2:13 AM on August 10, 2019

Also obligatory
posted by the painkiller at 5:25 AM on August 10, 2019 [5 favorites]