Billie Jean’s All Stars, Featuring Marcus Miller

What do you get when you have five jazz masters improvise to an a cappella version of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”? An Italian radio show decided to find out by having their guests record to Jackson’s voice while they were on the show.

Bassist Marcus Miller, guitarist Jean Paul “Bluey” Maunick, drummer Billy Cobham, trumpeter Enrico Rava, and pianist Stefano Bollani were each guests on the Radio 2, RaiTunes over an 8 month period. Incredibly none of them were together when they tracked. The show finally put all of their performance together for this extremely hip version of “Billie Jean,” with video that was aired by RaiTune5 on Rai5.

Miller sticks to the groove like only he can, with an absolutely killer tone. Crank up the volume and jam!

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  1. Oh, my goodness… Where would you ever find another Billy Cobham?

  2. q claje e pejte Orlandito Morales Rodriguez, Enues Guadalupe, Pablo Pivy Rivera, Agapito Ramos.

  3. UN REMIX FABULEUX PAR DES MONSTRES DE LA MUSIQUE. CA C ‘ EST DU GROOVE MELE A UN SUPER FEELING……… ENJOY

  4. Billy and Marcus have got to be the all time grooving-est rhythm section ever!

  5. marcus is the grooveman.

  6. Very Slick! I hope they do more like this. Killer rhythm section..

  7. I’m liking this a lot! I just discovered notreble.com today thanks to Dominick DiPalma. Thanks Dom!

  8. Oh man, I can watch this uncountable times!

  9. Just wonderful! Thanks for sharing…

  10. this has more pocket than a warehouse full of Levi’s!

  11. I love the “lock” on this groove…..nice melodic colors too…..

  12. Perfect fathers day song…..lol.

  13. Brilliant… but you know, that’s not a cappella… maybe the word you’re looking for is “impromptu”?

  14. BERNARD LEE

    Greater than SUPERB! HELP. I SEARCH FOR WORDS OF GRATITUDE. THAT’S IT…GREAT GRATITUDE / THANK YOU!