On Saturday night October 8, 2022, the Bayou came to L.A. Marcus L. Miller’s Afro-Fusion Project featuring Big Chief Shaka Zulu performed their debut set for a packed house at the William Grant Still art center. The music is a blend of World/Afro Beat grooves with the distinctive vocal chants inherent to the New Orleans Black Masking Indians tradition.
Read MoreOn Saturday night October 8, 2022, the Bayou came to L.A. Marcus L. Miller’s Afro-Fusion Project featuring Big Chief Shaka Zulu performed their debut set for a packed house at the William Grant Still art center. The music is a blend of World/Afro Beat grooves with the distinctive vocal chants inherent to the New Orleans Black Masking Indians tradition.
Read MoreWhat happens when you combine musicians and dancers on a stage performing live trying to work through the many ills in society that affect the lives of Black people daily in America? The result yields the Marcus Miller Ensemble and Lula Washington Dance Theatre performing together. This is an excerpt from a performance at Indiana’s Butler University in 2014. The music, Surrender Suite, is written and composed by Marcus L. Miller (Miller, SESAC). Featured musicians include Bobby Bryant Jr. (alto saxophone ), Bobby Pierce (piano/organ/keyboards), Edwin Livingston (Contra Bass), Marcus L. Miller (Drums).
Read MoreBack in May of 2011, the Marcus Miller Ensemble accompanied the Lula Washington Dance Theatre on a 20 city 3 week tour of Western China. From Beijing to Shanghai and all points in between, we travelled by plane, bus, boat, & train to our many destinations along the way. One night in Zhengzhou was special and this is what we share with you.
Read MoreThis is an excerpt from the third night of Lula Washington’s annual Kwanzaa show celebration. It features the Marcus Miller Ensemble performing 3 of Miller’s original compositions. The event was held at her dance studio in Los Angeles.
Read MorePoet Kamau Daaoud sits in with the Marcus Miller Ensemble to pay tribute to jazz legend Thelonius S. Monk. This 2010 concert was held at the William Grant Still art center featured Mehesh Balasooriya (piano), Miles Mosley (bass), and Marcus Miller (drums). This was a part of the "High Priest of Bop" exhibition.
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