Making her MCG-Pittsburgh debut with her award-wining “take no prisoners” NYC band, world-renown flutist/composer Jamie Baum has been listed in Down Beat Critics Polls annually since 1998 and nominated 14 times by the Jazz Journalists Association for "Flutist of the Year.” Baum's Septet+ will perform music from their recently-release recording, “What Times Are These,” described as “thrilling” and "a revelation,” receiving 5 stars in Down Beat. “She’s got an elegantly persuasive composing hand” - New York Times.
The Septet+ features:
Jamie Baum - flutes
Jonathan Finlayson – trumpet
Jaleel Shaw – alto sax
Chris Komer - French horn
Brad Shepik - guitar
Leo Genovese - piano
Ike Strum – bass
Jeff Hirshfield – drums
Sarah Elizabeth Charles - vocals
Rich Stein - percussion
MCG Jazz's presentation of Jamie Baum Septet+ is supported through a Chamber Music America Presenter Consortium for Jazz grant in collaboration with Rochester International Jazz Festival.
A component of the Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles Project, Presenter Consortium for Jazz is funded by the Doris Duke Foundation.