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| Adam Theis (2009) | |
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| For most of his adult life, Adam Theis has played several roles here in the Bay Area: he's a highly energized organizer, a composer and a player of multiple instruments (his arsenal begins with his main axe, the trombone, and now includes didgeridoo). Raised in Santa Rosa, he graduated from Sonoma State, and helped to raise awareness of jazz music in the north bay first.
Adam started putting together groups that eventually became known under the collective umbrella of Jazz Mafia: The Realistic Orchestra, Cannonball, The Shotgun Wedding Quintet, Hip-Hop Symphony, Supertaster, Spaceheater, and lots more. He's performed with hundreds now of the best in the Bay Area, as well as national acts. In 2008 Adam's life took a different direction when he was awarded a Gerbode Foundation/Hewlett Foundation Emerging Composers grant. He composed new music for a one-hour concert featuring a 50-piece extension of the Jazz Mafia with hip-hop and electronic music, strings and brass, which premiered in April 2009 at the Palace of Fine Arts as part of the SFJAZZ Spring Season. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | Ray Charles | The Genius of Ray Charles | 'Deed I Do | (Atlantic) |
| # 2 | Sly and the Family Stone | Fresh | In Time | (Epic) |
| # 3 | Ahmad Jamal | But Not for Me | Poinciana | (Chess) |
| # 4 | Miles Davis and Gil Evans | Porgy and Bess | Prayer: Oh, Doctor Jesus | (Columbia) |
| # 5 | Take 6 with Stevie Wonder | Greatest Hits | O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion | (Reprise) |
| # 6 | Eddie Palmieri | Molasses | Melao para el Sapo | (Tico) |
| # 7 | Me'shell Ndegéocello | Bitter | May This Be Love | (Maverick) |
| # 8 | D'Angelo | Voodoo | Playa Playa | (Virgin) |
| Book | Quincy Jones, "The Autobiography of Quincy Jones", or Fred Wesley, "Hit Me, Fred: The Autobiography of a Sideman" | |||
| Luxury Item | A skateboard | |||
| Gilad Atzmon
12 Jun Carolyn Brandy 19 Jun Stuart Brinin 16 Oct Ralph Carney 04 Sep India Cooke 20 Feb Ronald Davis 23 Oct Mark Feldman 27 Mar Herb Gibson 06 Mar Nancy Gilliland 29 May | Jon Hendricks
16 Jan Laurence Hobgood 10 Jul Bill Horvitz 13 Nov Nat Johnson 01 May Tom Madden 13 Mar Charlie McCarthy 06 Nov Don Neely 25 Sep Nathan Oliveira 28 Aug Ed Reed 24 Jul | Walter Savage
14 Aug Adam Theis 21 Aug Mads Tolling 17 Apr Hristo Vitchev 22 May Paul van Wageningen 10 Apr Nancy Wright 20 Nov Jim Zimmerman 06 Feb |