Adam Theis Ensemble

The San Francisco Jazz Mafia is an assortment of young groups and players who are reinventing jazz for a new generation. Trombonist Adam Theis has established himself as one of the Jazz Mafia's official "Dons," leading the groups Realistic Orchestra (winner of SF Weekly's “Best Jazz Band”) and Cannonball, as well as writing and arranging all the string parts for The Shotgun Wedding Hip-Hop Symphony. In just the last few years Theis has found himself on stage with Carlos Santana, Bobby McFerrin, Benny Reitveld, OK GO, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, Spearhead, Will Bernard and Motherbug, Benny Maupin, and The Disco Biscuits.