The Jazz Mafia Celebrate the birth of Cannonball Adderly

One of the great alto saxophonists, Cannonball Adderley , is known for playing with such great as his younger brother, coronetist Nat as well as Miles Davis, and John Coltrane in the classic recordings of Milestones and Kind of Blue. For this show, the Jazz Mafia – an eclectic artist collective of forward-thinking and accomplished players in Electro, Hip-Hop, World, Classical, and Jazz take on this jass giant!

Twenty years in the making, Jazz Mafia is a prolific staple of the quintessential San Francisco sound, uniting creative and accomplished Bay Area instrumentalists, vocalists, MCs, composers, and arrangers.

The collective quickly garnered a reputation for its collaborative and risk-taking spirit, and over the years has worked with Roy Ayers, Lyrics Born, Zion-I, Rebelution, Latyrx, Galactic, Ledesi, Blackalicious, and Jackie Greene, to name a few. Recently, the collective performed sold out residencies at the SFJAZZ Center and served as the house band in The Soiled Dove – its large-scale cirque-inspired collaboration with The Vau de Vire Society. Jazz Mafia has also recently collaborated with the Oakland Symphony at Paramount Theatre of the Arts, as well as with GRAMMY-winning composer Mason Bates and his Mercury Soul project at the Kennedy Center in DC. Jazz Mafia also curates musical experiences for Stanford University, Oakland Art & Soul Festival, and many other presenters.

This event features

John Palowich - alto sax

Mike Olmos - trumpet

Adam Theis - trombone

Colin Hogan - piano

Joshua Thurston- Milgrom - upright bass

Henry Plumb - drums

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