Marcus Shelby New Orchestra
For his second 2025-26 Season performance, bassist and bandleader Marcus Shelby and his New Orchestra tackle the era-defining music trumpet icon Miles Davis and his nonet recorded in 1949 and 1950 that was released under the name Birth of the Cool — a pivotal moment in the development of “cool jazz.”
Bassist, composer, arranger, educator and bandleader Marcus Shelby is a figure synonymous with Bay Area jazz and the spirit of collaboration. A recipient of the Charles Mingus Scholarship, Shelby attended Cal Arts and studied with Charlie Haden and James Newton while working simultaneously with the all-star jazz ensemble Black/Note, who released a series of highly regarded albums in the 1990s.
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