Art Share L.A. Presents: Arts District Jazz Night

With acts ranging from the contemplative to the bombastic, pieces ranging from classical standards to reinterpreted popular hits and original material, there will be something for everyone to enjoy at our Arts District Jazz Night!

Doors and bar open at 6:30PM. Live music begins at 7PM.

Performers: Isaiah Harwood and the Treekeeper, wholesoul, and degenerate

Seats are first-come first-serve.

This event is all-ages, however, IDs will be checked at the door for those who intend on engaging with the bar.

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This program is supported, in part, by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

"Miller plays bass. Clint plays drums. Lauren plays viola. We make sounds together."

is a violinist, violist, composer, arranger, and improviser living in Los Angeles, California. Specializing in performing and composing creative improvised music, she is equally experienced in jazz, classical, folk, avante-guarde, chamber, pop, and experimental styles.

Baba is composer, conductor, and director of her 17-piece experimental big band, theBABAorchestra. As one of the up-and-coming female big band composers and bandleaders, she has gained critical acclaim and recognition from the creative music scene. Highlights include album reviews in Downbeat Magazine, JAZZIZ Magazine, LA Weekly, All About Jazz, and March 2018 Indie Life Feature in Downbeat. Baba has received commissions through Idaho State University (2020), Viewpoint High School (2019), West Ranch High School (2016), and for “Marigold”, which was commissioned by the Los Angeles Jazz Society through the 2018 New Note Artist Award and premiered at the 2018 Angel City Jazz Festival at Ford Theater in Los Angeles, CA; recorded on theBABAorchestra’s 2nd album “Marigold.” Baba was recently awarded the 2022 “Fundamental Freedoms Commission” from the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers [ISJAC] and will premier at the 2022 ISJAC Jazz Symposium in Austin, Texas. theBABAorchestra highlight performances include the Hammer Museum’s JAZZPOP Series, Angel City Jazz Festival’s Jazz Night, CalArts Wild Beast Concert Series, Cooks Chapel’s Live Jazz Nite Series, ArtShareLA, and Blue Whale. Baba’s original big band compositions have been performed by numerous high schools and colleges across the county and has been featured as guest conductor of the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra [California Jazz Conservatory]. She currently is curating a new Los Angeles music series called “Big Band Nights” that headlines three big bands in one night – creating a space for big band leaders to perform and share music and ideas and to build a strong music community. Baba received the 2012 Young Jazz Composers Award for her work “144”, which appears on theBABAorchestra’s debut album “Another Ride on the Elephant Slide.”

Baba performs and appears in various film scores, commercial soundtracks, music videos, television shows and albums; highlights including Hidden Figures (Motion Picture soundtrack), Despicable Me 3 (Motion Picture soundtrack), Insidious 2 (Motion Picture soundtrack), American Idol, The Voice (Live performances), NBC’s Songland, Glee, Luke Cage (TV series soundtrack), BROCKHAMPTON (“iridescence” album, Coachella), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV series soundtrack), Adele (2017 Grammy Awards), The Weeknd (2016 Oscars), Shawn Mendes (2016 American Music Awards), Insidious 2 (Motion Picture soundtrack), Annabelle (Motion Picture soundtrack), Iggy Azalea (“Digital Distortion” album), fun. (iTunes Session), R.P.M. by Sasha Pieterse, Mary J. Blige Christmas Special. Recent live performances include Dave Matthews Band, Ry X, Karen O and Danger Mouse, Spiritualized, The Little Mermaid Live to Film (Hollywood Bowl), Death to Stalin Live to Film (ACE Hotel), Punch-Drunk Love Live to Film (ACE Hotel), Van Dyke Parks, Inara George, The Brazil You Never Heard, Sketchy Black Dog, Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Gregg Bendian, Mike Keneally, American Youth Orchestra, and Postmodern Jukebox. Baba is violist of Vitamin String Quartet and performs and records with them regularly.

As featured by Strings Magazine and WQXR, is a group of string players who explore the full range of sound textures that a string quartet can produce. Having studied at prestigious institutions such as Juilliard, New England Conservatory and The Peabody Institute, their sound is unparalleled. Don’t hold their classical background against them; they're not your typical quartet.

Isaiah Harwood is a 21-year-old jazz pianist and composer from Oakland, California, with a passion for creating thought-provoking music. He grew up immersed in the Bay Area jazz scene, performing with local legends like Marcus Shelby and Erik Jekabson and at renowned venues such as Yoshi’s and SFJAZZ. A winner of the 2016 Jazz Search West competition, Isaiah earned a scholarship to the California Jazz Conservatory, where he completed his bachelor’s degree in 2021. He later pursued his master’s at USC’s Thornton School of Music, studying under notable mentors like Alan Pasqua and Russ Ferrante. Now based in Los Angeles, Isaiah maintains an active teaching and performing schedule, collaborating with a wide range of artists across the city.

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