LaBamba’s Holiday Big Band / theBABAorchestra

Labamba’s 1st Holiday Hurrah West | LaBamba has been performing his annual Holiday Hurrah show at the Jersey Shore since 1983, and is finally bringing it to the west coast! The show features his 17-piece big band, and of course, a plethora of special guests.

Richie “LaBamba” Roseberg has toured and recorded with Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny, Little Steven, Jon Bon Jovi, Diana Ross, and Billy Gibbons, to name a few. He has also enjoyed 25 years on late night television with Conan O’Brien, in which he has been featured in comedy sketches, such as “In The Year 2000”. https://www.labambamusic.com/

theBABAorchestra is a Los Angeles based 17-piece experimental big band performing original new instrumental works by composer, conductor, and bandleader Lauren Elizabeth Baba. “Baba is an artist to watch … she’s establishing adventurous new territory” (Downbeat). Her music is described as “ambitious and wildly imaginative new music for large jazz ensembles…a statement of marvelous depth and cinematic expanse” (JAZZIZ). Amidst intricately woven melodies and massive brass textures are subtly creeping rock grooves and a generally dark ambience; creative music drawing from free jazz, avant-garde, drone-rock, and Middle Eastern folk. www.theBABAorchestra.com