All About Jazz (Italy) 2019 theBABAorchestra - Marigold

Lauren Elizabeth Baba | theBABAorchestra

by Angelo Leonardi

"…The suite runs for almost 42 minutes in a dazzling kaleidoscope of situations... An ambitious work that develops, from the austere and chamber music scene, into ever-changing and impressive musical paintings that alternate tensions and distances...Lauren Elizabeth Baba confirms herself as an innovative and eccentric bandleader. From a different aesthetic, it is the Californian response to the new arrangers operating in New York, such as Darcy James Argue and Michael Leonhart. The most adventurous big band on the west coast…”