Marcus Miller injured in bus accident - his driver died...

[krysh]

sad day.
here are the news, sorry german only so far:
[url="http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/grammy-gewinner-marcus-miller-bei-busunfall-in-schweiz-verletzt-a-869207.html"]http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/grammy-gewinner-marcus-miller-bei-busunfall-in-schweiz-verletzt-a-869207.html[/url]

[Silvia Bluejay]

More on this here: [url="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/11/25/grammy-winning-bassist-injured-in-bus-crash-in-switzerland/?cmpid=cmty_other_Grammy-winning_bassist_injured_in_bus_crash_in_Switzerland"]http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/11/25/grammy-winning-bassist-injured-in-bus-crash-in-switzerland/?cmpid=cmty_other_Grammy-winning_bassist_injured_in_bus_crash_in_Switzerland[/url]

[Basvarken]

terrible...

[daz]

the BBC as of 7pm tonight still has nothing new. [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20486184"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-20486184[/url]

Edited November 25, 2012 by daz

[crez5150]

Checked out on Facebook. All ok apart from driver.... Obviously

[Bilbo]

BBC headline reads:

'Jazz bassist Marcus Miller's tour bus in fatal crash'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20486184

Trouble is, MM never plays Jazz. He plays [i]a[/i] Jazz, but I have not heard any Jazz being played by him for decades I think the new DG at the BBC should resign over this (and take his £300K bonus with him....)

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1353930796' post='1879775']
BBC headline reads:

'Jazz bassist Marcus Miller's tour bus in fatal crash'

[url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20486184"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-20486184[/url]

Trouble is, MM never plays Jazz.[/quote]

I suppose they were being sympathetic. 'Cheesy '80s bassist' would be a bit harsh given that he's in hospital.

[The Dark Lord]

The first line in his wikipedia page reads:

[indent=1]"Marcus Miller (born William Henry Marcus Miller Jr., June 14, 1959) is an American jazz composer, producer and instrumentalist.[/indent]

[Conan]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1353930796' post='1879775']
Trouble is, MM never plays Jazz. He plays [i]a[/i] Jazz, but I have not heard any Jazz being played by him for decades I think the new DG at the BBC should resign over this (and take his £300K bonus with him....)
[/quote]

Isn't that slightly tasteless bearing in mind he could have been killed?!

[Joker2807]

sad news

[Bilbo]

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1353936644' post='1879894']


Isn't that slightly tasteless bearing in mind he could have been killed?!
[/quote]

More so because somebody else was....

[Bilbo]

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1353934502' post='1879842']
The first line in his wikipedia page reads:

[indent=1]"Marcus Miller (born William Henry Marcus Miller Jr., June 14, 1959) is an American jazz composer, producer and instrumentalist.[/indent]
[/quote]

That'll be irrefutable then

Seriously, condolences to the driver's family and friends and I hope the rest of the injured recover well and soon.

[The Dark Lord]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1353937464' post='1879911']
That'll be irrefutable then
[/quote]

As we know, Wikipedia is 100% accurate ............ wasn't it Martin Kemp from Spandau who tried to make an correction to his own Wikipedia page ..... and they wouldn't accept the amendment?

[bluesparky]

It's shocking news and having just spent the last two months on a similar bus it's something that's always in the back of my mind, especially as I was in bus crash a few years ago.

My thoughts go out to Marcus, his band & crew, all at Coach Services and the friends and family of the driver.

On a tour the bus driver isn't "just the driver" as he is a member of the crew, known by all, good friends to some and a key part of the tour.

Terrible news.

[Silvia Bluejay]

Horrid memories of the bus crash where Cliff Burton died.

[risingson]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1353930796' post='1879775']
Trouble is, MM never plays Jazz. He plays [i]a[/i] Jazz, but I have not heard any Jazz being played by him for decades I think the new DG at the BBC should resign over this (and take his £300K bonus with him....)
[/quote]

It'd be fair to assume that the guy is a 'jazz' player, semantics aside and even if he hasn't turned his hand to the genre as such for a decade or two. He did have the lofty title of Miles's bass player after all.

Not a great fan of his music or playing, but I do hope he makes a speedy recovery and it's really sad about the driver. The dangers of bus travel around that area seem to be getting highlighted again and again nowadays.