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5/26/2005
AWARD-WINNING FLUTIST/COMPOSER JAMIE BAUM & HER SEPTET IN NYC PREMIERE
OF NEWLY COMMISSIONED WORK, TUES., MAY 31 AT THE JOHN BIRKS GILLESPIE AUDITORIUM
* Recent Septet CD �Moving Forward, Standing Still� Voted Best CDs of 2004 by DownBeat, Jazziz, Boston Phoenix *
"**** (Four Stars)� simply outstanding�. an immensely satisfying, exciting listen." � Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
"**** (Four Stars). Baum's composing and arranging skills shine forth with the exactness of a classicist's regimen. Within these jazz frameworks there's an uncanny aggregation of looseness, and perfection." � Glenn Astarita, DownBeat
"Moving Forward, Standing Still is that rarity of an album�one that utilizes deep and complex structures to create something completely accessible." � John Kelman, All About Jazz
Join award-winning flutist/composer Jamie Baum on Tuesday, May 31st as she performs with her Septet � Baum on flutes, Ralph Alessi on trumpet & flugelhorn, Doug Yates - alto saxophone and bass clarinet, Tom Varner on French horn, Johannes Weidenmuller on bass, George Colligan on piano, and Jeff Hirshfield on drums. They'll present the NYC premiere of �Ives Suite: The Time Traveler� which was commissioned by Chamber Music America and the Doris Duke Foundation. Two shows, at 8 and 10 p.m., take place at the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium of the New York Baha�i Center, 53 East 11th Street (between University Pl. & Broadway). Tickets are $15/$10 for students. Reservation and information Number: 212-222-5159. Jazz Tuesdays is curated and run by Mike Longo, long-time Gillespie associate.
Baum's recent OmniTone Records CD "Moving Forward, Standing Still� has earned wide praise as one of the Best CDs of 2004 by DownBeat Magazine, The Boston Phoenix, Jazziz, WPFW-FM, and helped Baum to earn a nomination as Flutist of the Year in the 2005 Jazz Journalist Awards. "**** (Four Stars). A huge step forward from her already impressive 1997 debut, Jamie Baum's third album as a leader is simply outstanding� That sense of musical freedom, an unwillingness to limit herself simply to staid through-composed pieces, post-bop jazz classicism, or free improv experimentalism, but to mix and match the elements that suit her needs on a piece-by-piece basis, is what sets Baum apart from many of her peers, and what makes Moving Forward, Standing Still an immensely satisfying, exciting listen." � Stewart Mason, All Music Guide. "With Moving Forward, Standing Still, Jamie Baum has made a serious and possibly significant contribution to jazz." � Marc Meyers, All About Jazz.
Winner of the 2003 New Works: Creation and Presentation Award (part of the Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles Project) sponsored by the Chamber Music America national service organization, Baum has an unusually keen musical mind which conjures jazz that is simultaneously accessible and adventurous, open-hearted and demanding, beautiful and dark.
A native of Connecticut, Baum, who holds a B.M. degree in jazz flute/composition from the New England Conservatory of Music and a Master�s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, has acquired a reputation as a jazz force to be reckoned with since moving to New York City about fifteen years ago. She's shared the bandstand with luminaries like John Abercrombie, Kenny Barron, Randy Brecker, Dave Douglas, Billy Hart, Fred Hersch, Mickey Roker, Uri Caine, Kenny Werner, Leni Stern, and Charles Tolliver.
Her talent has earned her numerous awards including three from the National Endowment for the Arts; the Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles award and the Jazz Journalists Association nomination mentioned above. She's also won coveted spots in DownBeat Magazine�s Critics� and Readers� Polls (1998 through 2004); the 1999 Julius Hemphill International Jazz Composers Alliance Award; and the 1996 Jazziz Magazine �Woodwinds-on-Fire� competition. Moreover, she was selected in four different years (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003) to perform overseas in Asia and in South America as a USDOS/Kennedy Center Jazz Ambassador. The year 2003 saw the flutist playing the Kathmundu Jazz Festival in Nepal and the Venezuela Jazz Festival.
The five-year-old Jamie Baum Septet plays regularly at clubs such as Cornelia Street Cafe and Sweet Rhythm in NYC and Blues Alley in Washington, DC and has appeared at the JVC Jazz Festival, Freihoffer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans and the Flynn Theater in Burlington, VT among others. She also co-leads a quartet with guitarist Ken Wessel, bass guitarist Jerome Harris, and Septet drummer Jeff Hirshfield, performs with the Ursel Schlicht's Ex Tempore, Travis Sullivan's Casual Sextet, and with several other projects.
Baum has recorded numerous CDs including Undercurrents (1991, Konnex) with Randy Brecker and Vic Juris in support (plus trumpeter Dave Douglas on one track); Sight Unheard (GM Recordings 1997) with Dave Douglas, pianists Kenny Werner and Roberta Piket, Drew Gress, and Jeff Hirshfield; the collaboration Intersect (Consenus) with pianist Roberta Piket, saxophonist Virginia Mayhew, bassist Nikki Parrott, and drummer Allison Miller. As a sideperson, Baum's credits include recent recordings by jazz singer Judi Silvano, Steve Lampert, Andrew Rathbun and Frank Carlberg, and Paul Arlanian.
Baum, who studied under Jaki Byard, Hubert Laws, Ransom Wilson, Richie Beirach and Charlie Banacos, among others, teaches private lessons through the New School in New York City, Long Island University and conducts clinics worldwide including "A Fear-Free Approach to Improvisation for the Classically-Trained Musician" and "A Jazz Flute Survey/Retrospective."
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CDs, JPEGS, and press kits available.
www.jamiebaum.com
www.OmniTone.com
posted by Coming Events
5/26/2005 10:17:00 AM
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