06/18/2026
One week from tomorrow!! This is HUGE Erie!!! Please Buy a ticket, Share the Event, Make a Donation, Help Sponsor a Show, Gift a Ticket & let’s make this an Amazing Night!!!’
Please Join us Thursday, June 25th, 7:30pm at Centennial Hall for The Finale of The Harmony & Blessings Concert Series: Featuring:
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.
Tickets available:
https://tickets.eriereader.com/events/hb-concert-series-presents-the-jamie-baum-septet-6-25-2026
Complimentary snacks
Cash Bar.
Thank you for supporting this Amazing event!
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/c...
