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Jazz bassist Marcus Miller wounded in Swiss bus crash

Grammy award-winning US bassist Marcus Miller and members of his jazz band were injured Sunday when their bus overturned in Switzerland, killing one of the drivers, police said.

The accident happened on a motorway in central Switzerland, local police said. One of the drivers was killed, the 11 members of the band and the other driver injured.

The Marcus Miller Band was travelling from Monaco, where they performed on Saturday, to the Dutch town of Hengelo, where they were due to play on Monday.

The 53-year-old Miller — one of the best known bassists of his generation who also composes, plays keyboards and the saxophone — was not believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries.

The Brooklyn-born Miller has won Grammys as a producer, composer and musician in a career already spanning four decades.

He has become one of the world’s most prolific session musicians, featuring on albums by all the greatest names in the business, including Herbie Hancock, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin.