A prolific career as both a sideman and a Grammy-winning solo artist has established Marcus Miller as one of the most important players to pick up the bass guitar since Jaco. Having performed alongside the likes of Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, David Sanborn and Miles Davis, his credentials have remained unrivalled since he first broke into the New York session scene in the late 70s, just as Jaco was sealing his own reputation with Weather Report as the self-proclaimed ‘greatest bass player in the world.’
Speaking with Scott'sBassLessons founder Scott Devine, Miller recalled running into Jaco at the Sunset Marquis Hotel while on tour with Roberta Flack. “The phone rings in my hotel room and it’s Jaco,” says Miller. “He said, ‘Marcus Miller, it’s Jaco Pastorius. I’m in room 265, come up here and get your lesson!’”
