“ Roberta Baum is one of the most fascinating vocal stylists to emerge in many years, with an exceptional feeling for rhythm and textures and a commanding sense of swing. “
Chip Stern – Musician Magazine
“ Luminous sounds and a dazzling vocal range! Roberta Baum brings a forward-looking adventure to everything she sings ”
Mountain Xpress
“ Endlessly suggestive and inventive, sensual and energetic, Roberta Baum breathes with a musical verve that evokes a fiery lust for freedom we may have forgotten we have."
Bill Murphy ~ Hartford Press
“ New York transplant Roberta Baum is an absolutely unique artist. I've never played with anyone quite like her. Those who have heard her know that she has a way of bewitching audiences with unusual phrasing, repertoire choices, guttural effects, and syllables, calling to mind ancient languages. Her close relationship with and affinity for Ornette Coleman is apparent in virtually everything she sings. The reason I like playing with her is that behind the free spirit lies a wealth of serious intent: she has spent time with the work of vocal greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Betty Carter. ”
William Bares - Jazz UNCA
“Roberta Baum's talent is much wider than the limits implied by the term "jazz singer," through the breadth of styles and repertoire which she has mastered, including cabaret, Broadway, and "world music" among others. Her vocalizing techniques include such exotica as Eastern European or Arabic ululation and Indian influences. All backed by a fierce emotional investment, and a keen-witted sense of fun in the breezier songs, Roberta Baum brings fresh perspectives and LIFE to all these diverse songs, as she knocked us out with a performance that ranged from earth shattering to wistful, and most points in-between. To sum it up, Roberta Baum is a true vocal artist, and an entertainer in the now-lost sense of the term. You go away after her show with a sense that you've shared in a very special experience, and you keep that memory long afterward. ”
Bill Vindal ~ Asheville, NC
