DEC 1-4 | Hip Holiday Party
Dec 01 - Dec 04, 2022
Joe Henderson Lab
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Original show description below.
Please note: Dance floor is General Admission standing room only. If you would prefer seats, please select a different level for this show.
Hide the presents and spike the punch! The irrepressibly funky Jazz Mafia collective celebrates the season with their Holiday Heist, purloining songs from under every tree. Featuring soulful vocalists, rollicking horns, and the ambidextrous work of Mafia chief Adam Theis pivoting from bass lines to trombone riffs, Holiday Heist offers something for everyone.
With smart and sassy arrangements by former SFJAZZ High School All-Star Kyle Athayde and tuba expert Jonathan Seiberlich, the Mafia holiday songbook ranges from James Brown’s “Soulful Christmas” and Tchaikovsky’s “Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy Remix” to cartoon classics “You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and Vince Guaraldi’s “Linus and Lucy.” The holidays are just the latest racket to come under the influence of the Jazz Mafia’s hard-boiled beats. Over the past two decades, the Bay Area outfit has steadily expanded its territory, maintaining the loyalty of longtime associates while inducting eager young players into the ranks. Multimedia performances, burlesque productions and touring stars have all found themselves moving and grooving to Jazz Mafia riffs.
The Jazz Mafia holiday songbook ranges from James Brown’s “Soulful Christmas” and Tchaikovsky’s “Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy Remix” to cartoon classics “You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and Vince Guaraldi’s “Linus and Lucy.”
What makes the Jazz Mafia such a potent brand is that Theis has attracted a disparate constellation of talent that touches just about every corner of the Bay Area music scene
san francisco classical voice
What makes the Jazz Mafia such a potent brand is that Theis has attracted a disparate constellation of talent that touches just about every corner of the Bay Area music scene
san francisco classical voice
Personnel
Trance Thompson vocals
Moorea Dickason vocals
Tommy Occhiuto sax
Adam Theis trombone, bass
Kevin Wong keys
Jansen Verplank keys (Thursday only)
Aaron Kierbel drums
Trombonist/bassist Adam Theis, the co-founder and godfather of Jazz Mafia, has spent nearly two decades as a creative catalyst working in the Bay Area’s musical trenches.
San Francisco Magazine
Personnel
Trance Thompson vocals
Moorea Dickason vocals
Tommy Occhiuto sax
Adam Theis trombone, bass
Kevin Wong keys
Jansen Verplank keys (Thursday only)
Aaron Kierbel drums
Trombonist/bassist Adam Theis, the co-founder and godfather of Jazz Mafia, has spent nearly two decades as a creative catalyst working in the Bay Area’s musical trenches.
San Francisco Magazine
Watch & Listen
Jazz Mafia
Soulful Christmas
Jazz Mafia
The Holidays Are Here
Jazz Mafia
Soulful Christmas
Jazz Mafia
The Holidays Are Here
DEC 1-4 | Hip Holiday Party
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DEC 3
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