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Marcus Miller at the Berklee Performance Center 12/8 |
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Written by Nicholas Balkin
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Friday, 01 December 2006 |
The Sovereign Bank Music Series at Berklee Presents
Multi-Grammy-Winning Bassist, Producer, and Film Composer Marcus Miller
at the Berklee Performance Center
 Marcus Miller
Acclaimed bassist, composer, producer, band leader, and
multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller is a true musical renaissance man.
Born in Brooklyn in 1959, he was raised in a musical family that
included his father (a church organist and choir director) and his
cousin, jazz pianist Wynton Kelly. He has over 400 recording credits to
his name, a short list of which includes Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner,
Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Grover Washington Jr.,
Donald Fagen, Bill Withers, Chaka Khan, Meshell Ndegeocello, and LL
Cool J.
Miller has played an integral role in the careers of Miles Davis (for
whom he composed and produced the classic album Tutu), Luther Vandross
(with whom he won a Grammy for their composition “Power of Love”),
David Sanborn and many other legendary artists. Miller’s 2001 solo
record M2 won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. He is
also a prolific film and TV composer, scoring movies House Party,
Boomerang, Siesta, The Ladies Man, and The Brothers as well as Chris
Rock’s hit sitcom Everybody Hates Chris.
From December 4 - 8, Miler will be in residency at Berklee giving a
series of clinics on bass, music production, arranging, and film
scoring (the clinics are not open to the public). Each evening he will
rehearse two Berklee ensembles featuring top student vocalists and
instrumentalists, who he will perform with December 8. Directing the
student ensembles is faculty guitarist David Fiuczynski (The Screaming
Headless Torsos, Meshell Ndegeocello, Vernon Reid, Branford Marsalis,
others).
The Sovereign Bank Music Series at Berklee is an exciting eight-concert
series, featuring jazz, Latin, rock, r&b, folk and other music
styles. Berklee is pleased to welcome Borders as the supporting sponsor
of the series. Upcoming concerts will include Sweet Honey in the Rock,
a Stevie Wonder tribute, and more.
The Sovereign Bank Music Series at
Berklee presents Marcus Miller, Friday, December 8, at 8:15 p.m., at
the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. General
admission tickets are $25; seniors $18.75. Tickets are
available at the Berklee box office or through Ticketmaster at
617-931-2000 or www.ticketmaster.com.
For more information, please call
617-747-2261 or visit www.berkleebpc.com.
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