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The Jamie Baum Septet+ at Nublu 151
Courtesy of Jamie Baum | Posted on February 23, 2023
When
Mon, April 3, 2023
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Jamie Baum
fluteJonathan Finlayson
trumpetSam Sadigursky
saxophone, altoChris Komer
french hornBrad Shepik
guitarLuis Perdomo
pianoRicky Rodriguez
bassJeff Hirshfield
drumsAubrey Johnson
vocalsAbout
The music by composer/flutist Jamie Baum, composed for her critically-acclaimed Jamie Baum Septet+ and guest vocalists, utilizes texts by women poets to illustrate the palpable, personal and communal experience of living in the time of Covid-19 (and simultaneous socio-political movement) and its abrupt transformation of our world. From her Hell’s Kitchen, NYC perspective (initially the US “epicenter” of Covid-19), Baum looked to other artistic platforms for hope, solace and inspiration. She chose women poets of various ages and ethnicity, and utilized those poems in some cases as inspiration, and in others as “spoken word,” lyrics, or transformed into effects for each composition...