When Miles Davis died, Musician magazine (RIP) did a long tribute story on him. It featured comments by a plethora of musicians who had worked with him. I was honored to contribute to this retrospective. I interviewed Jimmy Cobb, Buster Williams, Gary Bartz, Wallace Roney, Jimmy Heath, and Marcus Miller (all by phone). I had met all of these great musicians except Marcus, and I am featuring him here because yesterday was his birthday and I started listening to some clips on YouTube. (One was Marcus playing ‘Papa Was A Rolling Stone’ at the North Sea Jazz Festival. I could listen to it 100 times.) Here’s what he had to say about playing with Miles:
most hep!