Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with San Francisco-based Jazz Bassist, Composer, Arranger, Bandleader and Educator Marcus Shelby .. He opened up about his latest and 5th CD 2019’s Transitions with his Orchestra .. His work focuses on the history, present, and future of African American lives, social movements, and music education. In the last 15 years, Shelby has written an extensive series of original compositions and suites as well as orchestrated a broad survey of arrangements from the great composers Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Currently, Shelby is an artist in residence with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and a new resident artist director for the San Francisco Jazz Festival 2019-2020. He’s full of great stories ..Click to listen.
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