An award winning musician, Marcus Shelby studied at California Institute of the Arts as a recipient of the Charles Mingus Scholarship.  He leads the popular GRP/Impulse! recording group BLACK/NOTE, an ensemble widely acknowledged as trailblazers among the rising number of young neo-classic jazz musicians, with whom he has released four critically acclaimed albums.  Mr.  Shelby, a bassist, has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada and Mexico and has worked with legendary jazz artists Billy Higgins, Eddie Harris, Joe Henderson, Pharoah Sanders, Billy Childs and Sir Roland Hannah among many others, and toured with Wynton Marsalis.  The Marcus Shelby Trio currently performs throughout the West Coast.  Their music consists of original compositions by Shelby and arrangements from the standard repertoire.