Photos: Gregory Porter at the Frost Amphitheater
Gregory Porter (photo: Jon Bauer) Last week saw Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Gregory Porter perform at the Frost Amphitheater in support of his 2020 album All Rise. He was joined in support by San Francisco's Marcus Shelby Quartet with Tiffany Austin and our photographer Jon Bauer captured the photo gallery below from the event.
Photos: Marcus Shelby Orchestra at SFJAZZ
Marcus Shelby Orchestra (photo: Ria Burman) Flashback to 1960, and Duke Ellington Orchestra records Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker thanks in part to sweet pianist Billy Strayhorn's enthusiasm for the project. Flash forward to last Thursday, and the Marcus Shelby Orchestra are full-throttle & knee-deep in jazz-wowing the Miner Auditorium at SFJAZZ with Ellington/Stryhorn's version of The Nutcracker for the first half of the night. Opening up the second half of the show, Marcus Shelby invites Tiffany Austin and Kenny Washington to join in a set of jazzed-up Christmas songs, to which they sing-scat-dazzle harmoniously. Add to the already stellar mix of [...]