Marcus Shelby was taken by Harriet Tubman's heroic story at an early age, when his mother gave him a book about the bold runaway slave who brought many others out of bondage through the ...

Steve Brown, Mendenhall and bassist John Shifflett round out the ensemble's formidable rhythm section. Sailing aboard this Kayak is an invariably rewarding experience. Thanks to Ray Brown for ...

Marcus Shelby: commemorating black history in evocative jazz suites. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 66°F. Saturday, August 3rd 2024 Today's e-Edition. Home Page.

With this concept in mind he put together a few songs, and began collaborating with a saxophonist Gentry Shelby to form ’Shelby Brown’. Together they put out an album on TEG Records called Miracle.

The San Francisco bassist, composer and bandleader -- performing with the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra Friday, Oct. 19 at the Great American Music Hall in a San Francisco Jazz Festival "New Work ...

Healdsburg Jazz Festival's new artistic director Marcus Shelby sets his first in-person lineup for event running June 13-19. Skip to content. All Sections.

The San Francisco jazz bassist, bandleader, composer and teacher was named last fall as the new artistic director. Marcus Shelby is all about jazz. He teaches its history, plays bass masterfully ...

SHELBY — When Hank Austin played in the North Muskegon High School band in the 1960s, he studied under Fritz Stansell, founder of Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. “We had a terrific jazz band, but ...