# Adam Theis & Subharmonic at Joe Henderson Lab, April 10, 2014

[SFJAZZ](http://www.sfjazz.org/events/hotplate/ah-um) presents SFJAZZ Hotplate: the Music of Charles Mingus' _Ah-Um_ featuring [Adam Theis & Subharmonic](http://www.jazzmafia.com/family/adam-theis/)  
2014-04-10  
[Joe Henderson Lab](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en)  
9:m PM, Thursday, April 10, 2014

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## Late Show

[9:m PM lights down, announcements]

(missed 1-3 tunes while listening to the end of the [[2014-04-10-1|Rosanne Cash]] show)

01. [9:54 PM] ?
02. [10:04 PM] Open Letter to Duke
03. [10:17 PM] Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
04. [10:21 PM] ?
05. [10:mm PM] Boogie Stop Shuffle
06. [10:36 PM] Better Git It in Your Soul  
[show ends 10:48 PM, no encore]


### omitted or unID'd tunes

* Self-Portrait in Three Colors
* Bird Calls
* Fables of Faubus
* Pussy Cat Dues
* Jelly Roll
* Pedal Point Blues
* GG Train
* Girl of My Dreams

## Performers

* ?Rich Armstrong: trumpet, guitar, percussion;
* ?Chris Fletcher: sound processing;
* ?Tony Peebles: saxophone, keyboard;
* [Adam Theis](http://www.jazzmafia.com/family/adam-theis/): bass, keyboards, trombone, trumpet, tuba, band leader;
* ?Brandon Werlin: drums, electronics.


## Notes 

As noted above, I came in a bit late, as the Rosanne Cash show ran longer than I expected. Happily, there were still good seats available, and I ended up with a seat in the fourth row, wedged between a large SF bear and a (thankfully) skinnier 20-something who spent most of the show leaning towards the aisle on her boyfriend. If it sounds like I'm griping, I'm not (well, not much!), as it was a good seat for listening to the show, and I could also see most of the action onstage (anything closer would have had the view partially obstructed by the wall of music stands for the four front-line performers).

With a grand piano, a seven-piece drum set, four horns, and music stands for everyone, the tiny stage was mighty crowded, and at least half the front row seats were empty -- no doubt because the stands occluded the view. As at other shows in the lab, the sound was warm and rich. Beats me how they're able to make a rectangular, glass-walled room sound so good, but somehow they do, and I'm grateful for it -- not much point in heading out to see live music with bad sound!

Given my experience seeing the Brass Mafia in other contexts, I shouldn't have been surprised at their inventive deconstruction of Mingus' works, but I was knocked off-my-ear as we walked in, hearing Adam in the middle of a screaming, effects-laden, electronics-distorted trombone solo. If I'd been paying more attention, I might have been able to ID the tune once they wrapped back around to the head, but until I hear news from an authoritative source, I'll have to lead my list above with a question mark.

Anyways, even though I missed the start of the set, I'm really glad to have heard the rest, particularly as I got to hear inventive reinventions of three of my favorite Mingus tunes. I'll definitely keep Adam Theis and company on my show-going radar.

SFJAZZ posted a few pics of the show on their [[http://sfjazz.blogspot.com/2014/04/recap-rosanne-cash-mingus-ah-um.html|blog]].

{{tag>music Adam_Theis_&_Subharmonic Joe_Henderson_Lab Rich_Armstrong Chris_Fletcher Tony_Peebles Adam_Theis Brandon_Werlin}}

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