The Marcus Miller thread....

[itu]

I saw the gig where Clarke, Wooten and Miller were playing together. To me the whole set sounded lame, because it felt like a set of showoffs, but no songs/music. There Miller was probably the best while backing up his two colleagues. When he started to thumb, the feel was lost just like with the two others. 

 

I have seen Clarke soloing with his band and it was a really good show, likewise when Wooten was playing with Bela Fleck. 

[Piers_Williamson]

On 29/06/2025 at 18:49, Terry M. said:

 

I just read the sleeve notes.  MM plays on The Nightfly, The Goodbye Look and Maxine.  The rest of the album is a roll call of the best: Anthony Jackson, Chuck Rainey, Abe Laboriel, Will Lee.  I guess that's what you expect from Donald Fagen (except he mainly uses Ready Freddy Washington live now)

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[Misdee]

Marcus's tone has definitely got a little more "scooped" as years have gone by. 

 

I remember buying his first solo album when it came out in about 1983/4 and being bitterly disappointed that there wasn't more bass guitar on it. It was mainly synth bass, I seem to remember.

Edited yesterday at 09:35 by Misdee

[godathunder]

Loved his work on miles' tutu and jarre's zoolook.

 

My ownership of a fretless sire with his name on the headstock is purely coincidental though

[Terry M.]

On 06/07/2025 at 10:25, Piers_Williamson said:

I just read the sleeve notes.  MM plays on The Nightfly, The Goodbye Look and Maxine.  The rest of the album is a roll call of the best: Anthony Jackson, Chuck Rainey, Abe Laboriel, Will Lee.  I gues that's what you expect from Donald Fagen (except he mainly uses Ready Freddy Washingotn live now

You may already know that Chuck Rainey was asked by Steely Dan NOT to slap on "Peg" so during recording he turned his back and did it anyway. They ended up loving it 😊

[Piers_Williamson]

1 hour ago, Terry M. said:

You may already know that Chuck Rainey was asked by Steely Dan NOT to slap on "Peg" so during recording he turned his back and did it anyway. They ended up loving it 😊

I have seen the vid.  Chuck Rainey is one of my bass heroes.  I attempted to learn his Steely Dan lines in lock down (along with the Will Lee Walk Between the Raindrops).

[Terry M.]

1 hour ago, Piers_Williamson said:

I have seen the vid.  Chuck Rainey is one of my bass heroes.  I attempted to learn his Steely Dan lines in lock down (along with the Will Lee Walk Between the Raindrops).

Love his work with the Mizell Brothers production duo. In particular the Gears album by Johnny Hammond from 1975.

Edited 12 minutes ago by Terry M.