Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Marcus Shelby’s Prison Oratorio
- When
- Sun Sep 27, 2015
- Where
- Yerba Buena Gardens
- Time
- 1:00pm
- Cost
- Free
- Tags
- Music, Jazz
Description
American history turns into propulsive grooves and thrilling improvisation in the hands of Bay Area bassist/composer Marcus Shelby, a jazz master who knows that the past isn’t past. Commissioned by the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio is his latest work for the powerhouse Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra (augmented by a vocal ensemble and narrator). Exploring the troubling persistence of the prison industrial complex and its baleful impact on communities of color, Prison Oratorio is Shelby’s latest musical meditation on contemporary American culture.More Info
- Link
- http://www.ybgfestival.org
- Call
- 415-543-1718
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