The SFJAZZ Monday Night Band remains on pause through 2021. As we adapt to state guidelines regarding the reopening of venues and services, we are working with band director Adam Theis to create a new approach for the coming spring.  We appreciate your patience as we develop a model that allows for increased flexibility, inclusion, and support of our community's artists. Please stay tuned to the SFJAZZ website for updates; we also encourage you to sign up for our Education Newsletter. We thank you once again for your support of SFJAZZ, and for your continued advocacy for the arts in our community. 

monday night band members:

• Workshop, perform, and record original compositions and arrangements
• Work with pro clinicians
• Play for a 600+ audience in the renowned Miner Auditorium
• Record live in the Joe Henderson Lab
• Network and build relationships with fellow Bay Area musicians
• Participate in community outreach
• Earn credit toward professional development

Adam Theis, Director

Bandleader, composer, performer, and producer Adam Theis plays trombone, bass, trumpet, tuba, and keys, among other instruments, and has been an active member of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene for twenty years. After studying with Mel Graves, Jon English, and Wayne Wallace, Adam graduated from Sonoma State University with a degree in Jazz Composition & Performance. In 1998 he moved to San Francisco and began founding the San Francisco Jazz mafia, which now consists of Realistic Orchestra, The Shotgun Wedding Quintet, The Jazz Mafia Symphony, Jazz Mafia String Quartet, Adam Theis & Subharmonic, and many other projects. In 2013, Adam moved from his longtime base in the Mission to the East Bay, where he and other members of Jazz Mafia play, produce, and record.

Theis has produced and co-written music for notable artists such as Lyrics Born, Zion-I, Rebelution, Latyrx, Galactic, Ledesi, and Blackalicious. As a sideman, Adam and his horn section have created eclectic collaborations with a wide range of top level artists including Bobby McFerrin, Roy Ayers, Booker T. Jones, Spearhead, Zigaboo Modeliste, Zap Mama, and Eric Lindell. 

As an educator, Adam has always been heavily involved in connecting with youth. He has run the Truckee Jazz Camp for over a decade, now with over 100 students. Adam has helped bring education programs to Harlem School of the Arts, Stern Grove, and numerous other venues where his Orchestras have performed. Adam has been featured as artist in residence at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Cal Poly, and Los Medanos College, and has been a recipient of the Gerbode-Hewlett Foundation’s “Emerging Composer” Grant.