In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, Marcus Shelby and his trio present this special interactive performance and discussion about the role of music during the Civil Rights Movement. This unique presentation blends commentary, narrative, historic images, and Shelby’s original compositions as well as his re-arrangements and re-orchestrations of spirituals, freedom songs, and blues to evoke this rich period of American history.
One of the Bay Area’s most influential musicians, bassist Marcus Shelby is an accomplished composer, arranger, performer, teacher, and artist in residence with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. His credits include original scoring for film, theater, and dance as well as jazz composition for his own groups, the 15-piece Marcus Shelby Orchestra (including the critically acclaimed Harriet Tubman and Soul of the Movement) and the Marcus Shelby Trio.
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One of the Bay Area’s most influential musicians, bassist Marcus Shelby is an accomplished composer, arranger, performer, teacher, and artist in residence with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. His credits include original scoring for film, theater, and dance as well as jazz composition for his own groups, the 15-piece Marcus Shelby Orchestra (including the critically acclaimed Harriet Tubman and Soul of the Movement) and the Marcus Shelby Trio.
In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, Marcus Shelby and his trio present this special interactive performance and discussion about the role of music during the Civil Rights Movement. This unique presentation blends commentary, narrative, historic images, and Shelby’s original compositions as well as his re-arrangements and re-orchestrations of spirituals, freedom songs, and blues to evoke this rich period of American history.
One of the Bay Area’s most influential musicians, bassist Marcus Shelby is an accomplished composer, arranger, performer, teacher, and artist in residence with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. His credits include original scoring for film, theater, and dance as well as jazz composition for his own groups, the 15-piece Marcus Shelby Orchestra (including the critically acclaimed Harriet Tubman and Soul of the Movement) and the Marcus Shelby Trio.
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One of the Bay Area’s most influential musicians, bassist Marcus Shelby is an accomplished composer, arranger, performer, teacher, and artist in residence with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival. His credits include original scoring for film, theater, and dance as well as jazz composition for his own groups, the 15-piece Marcus Shelby Orchestra (including the critically acclaimed Harriet Tubman and Soul of the Movement) and the Marcus Shelby Trio.
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50 Moraga Ave., San Francisco, CA 94129
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