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MLK & The Blues: Marcus Shelby Trio Civil Right Song Night | Presidio

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Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free. Reservations are not required but please help them plan for space by registering to attend.

Presidio Officers’ Club | 50 Moraga Ave, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco

Event Details

Submitted by the Event Organizer

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.

Free. Reservations are not required but please help them plan for space by registering to attend.

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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Cost: FREE*
*Free. Reservations are not required but please help them plan for space by registering to attend.
Categories: *Top Pick*, Live Music, MLK Day, San Francisco
Address: 50 Moraga Ave, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA