Roberta Baum

Roberta Baum's vocal improvisational skills have won her critical acclaim in Downbeat and Musician Magazine. She has performed amongst some of the most prestigious Jazz legends in the world including Ornette Coleman, Kenny Barron, Anthony Davis and Fred Hersch. 

Prior to that Roberta had already made her way into the upper echelon of performing arts in New York. As a graduate of The High School Performing Arts and the Neighborhood Playhouse she was key to the genesis of experimental theater throughout the 1970's, an actress in the Broadway hit Godspell and member of the National Tour troupe of The Who's renowned rock opera Tommy.

Roberta had been especially drawn to the linguistic freestyle that is often explored in jazz music, as in the vocal improvisation of Ella Fitzgerald and Betty Carter. Later influenced by Middle Eastern and Mediterranean sounds, by the mid 80's Roberta began applying these styles to her own angle of world-pop music. 

Over the past several decades Roberta Baum has mesmerized audiences from across the world performing at music festivals, conferences and spiritual centers and music venues. She continues to record original music inspired by nature and our spiritual connection to all living conscious beings.

Roberta Baum is a grant recipient of The National Endowment for The Arts and Meet The Composer for her work composing music for theater, dance and television, including the Erick Hawkins Dance Company and Lifetime Television Intimate Portraits.  

“Roberta Baum's vocal abilities are by no means defined by her extraordinary jazz techniques; she absolutely excels as a progressive pop /world music singer. Her recordings are a blend of intricate, tasteful, melodic compositions, with a decidedly mysterious and exotic edge. By achieving that rare alchemy of intelligence and sexuality, Roberta's crossover appeal to a broad spectrum of audiences presents tantalizing possibilities.” Charles Sanders / Harry Fox Agency