Article on bassist Marcus Shelby

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This article about Bay Area bassist/bandleader/composer/arranger/educator Marcus Shelby was the cover story of the weekly entertainment guide last week in the San Jose Mercury News:

This is the story of a "local guy" who stuck to his guns and made it on his own terms. He's a DIY musician. His name is Marcus Shelby.

Twenty years ago, Shelby -- bassist, bandleader, composer, big musical thinker -- was part of the "Young Lions" movement in jazz, recording for Columbia Records and seemingly destined for fame and fortune in New York City. Shelby, however, moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco and began gigging six and seven nights a week. He was forging a reputation, teaching in schools and collaborating with theater companies, choreographers, filmmakers and poets, while building a discography focused on grand historical themes in African-American history.

He's never left the Bay Area. Lucky us.

Read the entire article at:

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_25653482/marcus-shelby-brings-ellingtons-thunder-berkeley