The City Jazz festival is full of must-see concerts this year, but topping them all will be headliner Marcus Miller, who performs a rendition of his legendary album, recorded with Miles Davis.

Miller is considered the world’s best bass player and more than 20 years ago he helped Davis record the landmark album “Tutu,” for which he played every instrument except, naturally, the trumpet. Miller and his group will perform “Tutu Revisited” on Saturday at Dom Muzyki.

It was “a wonderful, awesome, scary experience,” Miller said in an e-mail interview. “If Miles likes the way you play, no one else’s opinion can affect you. It freed me to concentrate on making music, not on worrying about other people’s opinions.”

The bassist also praised his legendary mentor for broadening his own musical horizons. “I realize that my time with Miles was a very special period of my life. It has become more and more special with each day. I realize that there will never be another Miles and I was truly blessed to have experienced him,” he said.

More than 20 years later, he has decided to bring the album’s fusion of jazz, rock and funk (and some magic) back to the stage, having gathered a lineup of the finest contemporary musicians. The aim is to introduce the album to a young audience, Miller said.

“Many young people only have a vague memory of it, so it’s cool for them to hear it live,” he said.

Davis’ parts will be played by the young and already mind-blowingly talented trumpeter, Christian Scott.

At just 25, Scott is already in the top league of jazz musicians, yet his inspirations stretch beyond the jazz world to indie and rock music. He strives to be a rebel in his work, too.

“I love to disagree,” he said, speaking in Moscow a few days before the concert. “It creates better music. When you start a healthy dialogue where people disagree with each other, then you force them to actually be creative.”

Miller said he is satisfied so far. “At first, the musicians were trying to simply play the CD, note for note. But after a little time, they’ve begun to own the music and make it their own. It’s very exciting to hear this,” he said.

“I don’t even need to go again to see Marcus Miller’s gig to say he’s just great,” said bass player Alex Rostotsky, who will perform Thursday. Rostotsky was most recently praised for his jazz renditions of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures from the Exhibition” series, but this time he will play jazz standards. His collaborators include accordion player Vladimir Danilin, one of the “daddies” of Soviet jazz.

Marcus Miller performs Saturday at Dom Muzyki in the City Jazz festival, which runs until Oct. 30. For tickets, call 644-2222 or 258-0000. City-Jazz.ru.