Marcus Miller: A Night in Monte Carlo | CD review

Deuces/DreyfusBass guitarist Marcus Miller, a virtuoso and composer with a sophisticated ensemble sense, was a key figure in Miles Davis's late-career Tutu and Amandla albums of 1986 and 89. Miller came to last year's London jazz festival with some Tutu revisits, in the process introducing the UK to a fiery young soul/bop alto saxophonist in Alex Han; but this live set from the 2008 Monte Carlo jazz festival is a bigger-canvas affair, featuring Miller, Han, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, scat and soul ...

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