Marcus Shelby Pays Tribute to Dr.King on April 4 [Soul of the Movement Meditations on MLK]

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Marcus Shelby

April 4, 1968 is a tragic day in our country’s history. It marks the day that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, TN.

Bassist/composer Marcus Shelby, whose family is from Memphis, TN, pays tribute to Dr. King on April 4 with 4 new videos featuring music from Shelby’s widely acclaimed CD “Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”

This is a very personal project for Shelby, who had several family members in the “I Am A Man” march and several who were arrested in the struggles. —Ann Braithwaite

More videos celebrating “Soul of the Movement” featuring the incomparable Marcus Shelby “Memphis: I Am A Man,” We’re a Winner” and “Take My Hand Precious Lord.”

..:: SOURCE: BKMusicpr.com ::..

PIANIST BENNY GREEN PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS MUSICAL HEROES WITH NEW TRIO RECORDING, SOURCE

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TO BE RELEASED APRIL 12 ON JAZZ LEGACY PRODUCTIONS

FIRST TRIO ALBUM IN TEN YEARS FEATURES GREEN’S LONG-TIME PARTNERS, PETER WASHINGTON (BASS) & KENNY WASHINGTON (DRUMS)

LISTEN TO EXCLUSIVE STREAMING TRACKS FROM SOURCE

Benny Green - SOURCE

The dynamic and exuberant pianist Benny Green pays tribute to the great pianists and composers he grew up listening to, in an energetic and swinging, 10-piece collection titled Source (Jazz Legacy Productions). Featuring Green’s trio-mates, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Kenny Washington, Source includes compositions by Bud Powell, Sonny Clark, Carl Perkins, Kenny Drew, Duke Pearson and Horace Silver. Remarkably, this is Green’s first recording as a leader since his duo date with Russell Malone, Bluebird, in 2004, and his first trio recording since 2000, Naturally, when his band comprised Malone and bassist Christian McBride.

Source was largely set into motion when Green and the two Washingtons were getting reacquainted with each other in 2009 while on tour in Japan as the rhythm section for Japanese guitarist Satoshi Inoue. While Green had performed with Peter and Kenny many times over the years (for example, Peter played on Green’s debut album, Prelude, on Criss Cross in 1988, and Kenny played on Green’s 1996 Blue Note release The Place to Be), the tour made for a reunion of sorts.