Davies After Hours with Adam Theis and an All-Star Jazz Mafia Ensemble

Description

The post-concert party features composer, conductor and bass and trombone player Adam Theis and the All-Star Jazz Mafia Ensemble. The group will fuse elements of jazz, electronics, and hip-hop in response to the San Francisco Symphony’s performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8, as well as perform other works. This specially convened 12-piece band of piano, bass, drums, horns and violins has been culled from the many talented musicians making up the greater Jazz Mafia collective, which includes members of the Shotgun Wedding Quintet, Shotgun Wedding Hip-Hop Symphony, Brass Mafia and Supertaster, among others. Theis, an avid composer and arranger, is the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Gerbode-Hewlett Grant for Jazz composition. He scored Brass Bows and Beats, an ambitious work for a 60-piece jazz and hip-hop orchestra that debuted for a sold-out audience at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts. Learn more about Adam Theis, the Jazz Mafia and their many associated groups by visiting their website, jazzmafia.com.

On display at Davies After Hours on April 2 will be a show of Modern Salvage Sculptures created by Bay Area artist Lee Tollefsrud. These elegant and balanced pieces are created from found materials, primarily scavenged from the San Francisco Bay. A preview of the artist’s works can be viewed on his website at http://www.leetollefsrud.com/gallery.html