Jamie Baum & Short Stories at Jazz Standard

NYC flutist/composer Jamie Baum, known for her award-winning Septet+ of 17 years that features her global-influenced and long-form compositions, formed Short Stories to compliment and expand her palette. Her inspiration came from the short but eloquent and dynamic tunes by such jazz icons as Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. Combined with the excitement and drive of the modern “jazz standard”, Baum strives in this setting to compose or arrange “short stories” that set the tone for this unique instrumentation of top-notch musicians. Short Stories made its debut in January, 2015 as part of Jazz Resolutions 2015 during the APAP/Winter JazzFest weekend, and was filmed by Mezzo/Kidem, a French TV film crew for broadcast in Europe. Since then, performances have included tours in the US and Canada....

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NYC flutist/composer Jamie Baum, known for her award-winning Septet+ of 17 years that features her global-influenced and long-form compositions, formed Short Stories to compliment and expand her palette. Her inspiration came from the short but eloquent and dynamic tunes by such jazz icons as Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. Combined with the excitement and drive of the modern “jazz standard”, Baum strives in this setting to compose or arrange “short stories” that set the tone for this unique instrumentation of top-notch musicians. Short Stories made its debut in January, 2015 as part of Jazz Resolutions 2015 during the APAP/Winter JazzFest weekend, and was filmed by Mezzo/Kidem, a French TV film crew for broadcast in Europe. Since then, performances have included tours in the US and Canada.

"Jamie Baum exhibits remarkable artistic facility as composer/arranger/bandleader/flutist.”
— Dan Ouellette, DownBeat

"She's a commanding soloist with an understated soulfulness.” --Kirk Silsbee, Jazziz

“She’s got an elegantly persuasive composing hand... her composing ideas particularly strong.” - Ben Ratliff, New York TImes

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