Pianist Sam Baum loves filling the room with his own jazz creations. Sam, who has autism, is most comfortable when he is composing and playing with his band, whose members are from three underrepresented groups in jazz: the elderly, the disabled, and women.
Sam Baum seems most at home when he is filling the room with his own jazz creations. Sam has autism and is verbal at times. But he is most comfortable when he is composing and playing with his band.jazz creations
. His piano is an extension of him, providing the easiest and most natural way for him to communicate. It has proven to be his voice when the words don't come. "I sense music is his real mode of communication — it is how he best expresses himself," Jeffrey Nussbaum, Sam's dad, told FOX 5 NY. "It is very natural for him."
Baum is autistic. And although he is verbal at times, there's no question that he is most comfortable composing and playing alongside his band. Its members are from the three most underrepresented groups in jazz: the elderly, the disabled, and women.It's not unusual for someone with to feel deeply connected to music but it is rare that the neurodiverse and disabled have the support to release their own music. David Segal, Sam's drummer, was born with a joint condition.
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