Marcus
About Marcus:
A film by Patrick Savey
Marcus Miller , Ahmad Jamal , Kenny Washington, Larry Graham , Lenny White , Lonnie Liston Smith, David Sanborn , Kirk Whalum, George Benson , Herbie Hancock , Al Jarreau , Wayne Shorter , Miles Davis
100 min.
USA - France
2014
Patrick Savey plunges us into Marcus world, capturing the New York roots of the legendary bass player, following his path like the pebbles of Tom Thumb, as he meets masters of Jazz like Larry Graham, Jaco Pastorius, David Sanborn, Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau and Miles Davis. A fantastic visual and musical journey through the history of this exceptional musician, multi instrumentalist, composer, and producer. Through testimonies and live performances, this film reviews three decades of the evolution of Jazz in which Marcus plays a critical part. A history showing a remarkable humanity, a knowledge for and a rare appreciation of the history of music, African American music roots, his childhood Gospel at church, the orchestral funk of his last album and also his new relation to African music.
