Alligator Spacewalk + Cosa Nostra Strings

A wildly charismatic trumpeter with a global musical vision, Will Magid has earned a devoted following with his Bay Area concert series World Wide Dance Party, a moveable musical feast serving up celebratory sounds from around the world. The multi-instrumentalist, producer and DJ returns to the Gardens with Alligator Spacewalk, what Magid describes as “a sonic journey through time and space blending 1920s jazz, French Impressionism, funk, and global sounds.” The singular ensemble features trombonist Adam Theis, violinist Shaina Evoniuk, Kevin Wong on B3 organ, guitarist Zebuel Early, drummer Paul Oliphant, percussionist Enrique “Quique” Padilla, and vocalist Ziek McCarter. The Cosa Nostra Strings, a spin-off of Theis’s Jazz Mafia, shares this stylistically expansive, personnel-overlapping double bill. Featuring Theis and Evoniuk, violist Keith Lawrence, and Lewis Patzner on cello and trombone, the CNS specializes in original hybrid crossover music encompassing acoustic heavy metal and soaring power ballads.