Open Sound Check: Marcus Miller -- SFJazz

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🎶 **Open Sound Check: Marcus Miller -- SFJazz** 🔆 Among the great electric bassists in the history of the instrument, Marcus Miller is a jazz renaissance man. He was instrumental to Miles Davis’s resurgence in the 1980s and is helping SFJazz celebrate Miles’s centennial with music from Davis’s landmark 1982 live double album We Want Miles, along with classic Miles compositions spanning from the 1950s right up to his final era of Tutu in 1986 and Amandla in 1989. He will be joined by other members of Miles Davis’s 1980s comeback band: pianist John Beasley, guitarist Mike Stern, saxophonist Bill Evans and percussionist Mino Cinelu. A wildly prolific studio musician and bandleader, Miller and his distinctive bass virtuosity have been heard on well over 500 sessions for a dizzying array of major artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and McCoy Tyner to Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, and Luther Vandross. He first appeared with Davis on the trumpeter’s 1980 comeback The Man with the Horn and went on to produce and largely compose Davis’s three late 80s albums Tutu (1986), Music from Siesta (1987), and Amandla (1989). **🔸️ SFJAZZ Open Soundchecks** are exclusive, behind-the-scenes, and often free experiences where the public watches artists prepare for evening concerts at the Miner Auditorium. These sessions, synonymous with "pre-concert rehearsals," offer insights into the technical setup, sound balancing, and collaboration involved in a performance, typically ending with a Q&A. ▪︎ **Listen Here:** https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TFvvFbQ1Eoc ▪︎ **Order your ticket Here:** https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/26-27/open-soundcheck-marcus-miller/ ▪︎ **Message me when you've ordered a ticket** and I'll move you off the waitlist. ▪︎ **Meet at 4 pm** sharp at the entrance to SFJazz (201 Franklin St.) ▪︎ **PLEASE don't be a no-show.** If your plans change, remember to update your RSVP prior to the event. ▪︎ **A last-minute cancellation** will…