Jeff Baumeister
Associate Professor, Music
M.M. University of the Arts, B.M. William Paterson University
Bio:
Jeff Baumeister began his collegiate studies at Bucks County Community College and later earned degrees from William Paterson University and the University of the Arts. He studied piano privately with Sam Bellardo, Tom Lawton and Al Stauffer. He also studied composition and arranging with Jim McNeely and Manny Albam at the BMI Jazz Composer's Workshop. Jeff is a recipient of the Eubie Blake Scholarship and the Bernard Peiffer Jazz Piano Award for Excellence, Creativity, and Dedication to Jazz Piano. His recordings, 'Useful Music' and 'Pretty Melodies, for people who dig that sort of thing' have garnered praise from the Philadelphia Inquirer and various jazz websites and magazines. Jeff was commissioned to compose a jazz suite for ten musicians commemorating BCCC's 50th anniversary. The piece entitled, 'Portraits from the Pub' premiered on October 11th, 2014. His composition, ‘OK, Now What?’ was included in the Philadelphia Real Book published by Temple University Press. Jeff has several transcriptions and analysis essays published in DownBeat magazine. Among these include solos by Dave Douglas, Uri Caine, Tomasz Stanko, Dave Holland, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, and John Zorn.