Marcus Shelby, best known thus far for his playing with Black Note, is a superior modern mainstream bassist. For Un Faux Pas! he wrote a complete story that could have served as a film noir movie of the late '40s, and composed 11 songs to fit the events. Actually, the music easily stands apart from the narrative, featuring Shelby in a trio with pianist Matt Clark and drummer Jaz Sawyer. Since the tale involves an American man and a French woman, the song titles are in both French and Engli   [ read more ]

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Bassist Marcus Shelby has carved out a substantial career as a leader after the dissolution of the group Black/Note. For his sixth CD, Shelby presents his magnum opus, a two act musical opera based on the life of famed African-American slave turned suffragette, abolitionist, and freedom fighter Harriet Tubman, who was also a well-known music lover. Tubman's celebrated emancipation sojourn from Maryland to Delaware is documented by Shelby's 15-piece jazz orchestra complemented by a four-voi   [ read more ]

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