Denise Perrier & the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra at Stanford Jazz Festival at

Widely known as the “voice with a heart,” San Francisco-based Denise Perrier has toured the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia. Equally comfortable with ballads and blues, Perrier has released four albums as a leader and worked with soul jazz mainstays including Brother Jack McDuff and Houston Person. She recently appeared in Unforgettable, a one-woman show paying tribute to two of her greatest inspirations, Dinah Washington and Bessie Smith. Bassist Marcus Shelby formed the MSJO in 1999 as a large ensemble featuring some of the Bay Area’s best jazz players, as well as his prolific composition and arranging skills...

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Widely known as the “voice with a heart,” San Francisco-based Denise Perrier has toured the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia. Equally comfortable with ballads and blues, Perrier has released four albums as a leader and worked with soul jazz mainstays including Brother Jack McDuff and Houston Person. She recently appeared in Unforgettable, a one-woman show paying tribute to two of her greatest inspirations, Dinah Washington and Bessie Smith. Bassist Marcus Shelby formed the MSJO in 1999 as a large ensemble featuring some of the Bay Area’s best jazz players, as well as his prolific composition and arranging skills. Shelby is a true devotee of Duke Ellington, having frequently performed the Duke’s compositions and lectured on this topic.

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