The MJ New Quartet (Marcus Shelby, Mike Horsfall, Carlton Jackson, and myself) will be headed to NYC to showcase at the annual Chamber Music America conference on Saturday, January 6.
Read MoreOne of my favorite collaborators and the bassist of the MJ New Quartet, Marcus Shelby is a force to be reckoned with as a composer, creator, and social justice advocate. His composition and performance in playwright and actor Anna Deavere Smith's latest creation Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education has been nominated for a 2017 Drama Desk award for Outstanding Music in a Play. The docu-drama dissects the conveyor belt from school to incarceration for African Americans in the United States with Deavere taking on 17 roles based on scores of interviews.
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