H&B Concert Series presents: The Jamie Baum Septet+

The Jamie Baum Septet+

Jamie Baum - flutes

Jonathan Finlayson – trumpet

Greg Ward – alto sax

Chris Komer - French horn

Brad Shepik - guitar

Leo Genovese - piano

Ike Sturm – bass/e. bass guitar

Jeff Hirshfield – drums

Sarah Elizabeth Charles - vocals

Rich Stein - percussion

NYC jazz flutist/composer, Sunnyside Records artist and 2014 Guggenheim Fellow, Jamie Baum, released her seventh album, What Times Are These with The Jamie Baum Septet+ (April, 2024). Internationally recognized and listed in DownBeat Critics Polls annually since ’99, she’s toured in 35 countries and worked/recorded with several renown and diverse jazz artists ranging from Randy Brecker, Kenny Barron, Roy Hargrove, Tom Harrell and John Abercrombie to Dave Douglas, Louis Cole, Anthony Braxton, Wadada Leo Smith.

Her compositional muse, The Jamie Baum Septet+ was formed in 1999, and has since produced five highly acclaimed CDs and countless performances at iconic venues and festivals worldwide. Receiving standing ovations at packed venues has become the norm for this band, creating excitement and a kaleidoscope of colors with their unusual instrumentation and NYC-style “take no prisoners” energy! In fact Richard Ginell of the Journal of Music Critics Association at the Monterey Jazz Festival 2018, wrote “It was the most extraordinary music of the festival…"

Baum’s recently-released What Times Are These has received unparalleled, international acclaim including the highly-coveted five-star review in the “jazz bible,” Down Beat Jazz Magazine and made several “Best of 2024” lists. For this project Baum composed stunning music highlighting the words of renown women poets including Adrienne Rich, Marge Piercy, Lucille Clifton, Naomi Shihab Nye and Tracy K. Smith, reflecting our collective experience of Covid-19 and current socio/political climate.