Marcus Shelby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Marcus Shelby

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1966

Place of Birth: Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Profession: composer, conductor, bandleader

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Marcus Shelby (born February 2, 1966 in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American bass player, composer and educator best known for his major works for jazz orchestra, Port Chicago, Harriet Tubman, Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., and Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio.
He has led the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra since 2001 and has recorded with artists as diverse as Ledisi and Tom Waits. He has contributed numerous musical compositions to works created in collaboration with dance ensembles and theater artists ranging from California Shakespeare Theater to Intersection for the Arts.