CHRIS BAUM
About
Chris and Dawn have worked together since 2015, entertaining audiences over the last three seasons on more than 50 cruises and 100 performances on American Cruise Lines’ Queen of the West, American Pride, and American Song riverboats.
In addition, Chris and Dawn have performed at a variety of establishments throughout the northwest, including some of the region’s landmark entertainment venues—Arrivaderci Wine and Jazz, Vie de Boheme, South Fork, Grant House, Ilani Casino, Pleasant Harbor Marina, and others.
Chris and Dawn are recognized for their precise vocal harmonies and arrangements, and for Chris’ musical and technical piano skills. Chris and Dawn have a large and diverse repertoire, and specialize in popular music from the late-50’s to the mid-70’s. Some of the best-known artists they perform include: Burt Bacharach, Petula Clark, The Carpenters, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, The Everly Brothers, The Mama’s and Papa’s, Frank Sinatra, Dione Warwick, and many more (see repertoire list on website). Besides their acumen for choosing popular songs, Chris and Dawn cover a wide variety of music from the American song book—including jazz standards, classic country, Motown, and old time Rock’n’Roll.
Dawn Fitzgerald studied voice in Los Angeles with 2005 Latin Grammy Award nominee, Alba Quesada, and with Broadway icons Eileen and Walter Farrell in Hollywood. Dawn studied acting at the Pasadena Actors Workshop under the tutelage of Michael Murphy. Dawn’s performance venues include Radio City in Anaheim, the Icehouse in Pasadena, and the Mackinaw Island Summer Music Festival on Mackinaw Island, MI.
Chris Baum has performed professionally throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Chris studied classical piano at The Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y), the Aspen Summer Music Festival (Aspen, CO), and The Manhattan School of Music (New York, N.Y.), and studied Jazz piano at The City College of New York (New York N.Y.)
Chris received his Master’s degree in Conflict Resolution from Portland State University (Portland, OR).
Chris worked as band Leader, band member, and soloist on more than 150 cruises, (and more than 300 performances) for Delta Queen Steamboat Company, Holland America Cruise Lines, and Colour Line Cruises out of Oslo, Norway. He was Musical Director for Hay City Theater’s production of Tony and Tina’s Wedding in Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD. Chris acted as Musical Director and Producer for Ghanaian Master Drummer, Obo Addy, and arranged his feature work for The Kronos String Quartet’s CD, Pieces of Africa, Washishijay (“Our Beginning”) on Elektra Records. Chris is currently the band leader, lead vocalist, keyboardist and arranger for the Portland-based Chris Baum Project, a.k.a. Kid Charlemagne, a 12 piece band that performs exclusively, the music of Steely Dan.
Chris has studied, recorded, and/or shared stages with: Ron Carter, Joe Chambers, John Lewis, Lewis Nash; Boz Scaggs, Ry Cooder, Anthony Jackson, Victor Wooten and Steve Jordan; The Chiffons, The Drifters, and Nu Shooz; The Portland Youth Philharmonic and The Marylhurst Symphony orchestra.
Chris’ performance venues include Portland’s Civic Auditorium, The Rose Quarter, Providence Park, Portland Zoo Concert series (Portland, OR.); CBGB’s, The Village Gate, and The Bitter End (New York, NY); Slim’s (San Fransisco), The Palomino Club (Los Angeles), The Belly Up (San Diego), and many more.
Vocals, Piano / Chris Baum
Vocals / Dawn Fitzgerald
2021 DATES
Repertoire
Alfie- -Bacharach/David
(The) Girl From Ipanema- -Carlos Jobim
(The) Lady is a Tramp- -Frank Sinatra
A man and a woman- -Francis Lai
Abraham- -Martin and John Dion
Ain't misbehavin'- -Fats Waller
All of me- -Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons
Alright, OK, You Win- -Mayme Watts/Sid Wyche
Always Something There to Remind Me- -Bacharach/David
Angel From Montgomery- -Bonnie Raitt
Anyone Who Had a Heart- -Bacharach/David
Apples, Peaches, Pumkin Pie- -Jay and the Techniques
Are You There With Another Girl- -Burt Bacharach
At Last- -Etta James
Bare Footin'- -Robert Parker
Be My Baby- -The Ronettes
Beyond the Sea- -Jack Lawrence
Blue Heaven- -Fats Domino
Blue Skies- -Irving Berlin
Blue Suede Shoes- -Elvis Presley
Blueberry Hill- -Fats Domino
Bright Lights, Big City- -Jimmy Reed
Bring it on Home- -Sam Cooke
By the Time I Get to Phoenix- -Glen Campbell
California Dreamin'- -The Mamma's and the Papa's
Can't help falling n love- -Elvis Presley
Catch the Wind- -Donovan
Cheek to Cheek- -Irving Berlin
Cherry- -Cherry/Neil Diamond
Chuck E’s in Love- -Rikki Lee Jones
City of New Orleans- -Arlo Guthrie
Close to you- -The Carpenters
Country Roads- -John Denver
Cowboys to Girls- -The Intruders
Cracklin' Rose- -Neil Diamond
Crazy- -Patsy Cline
Cry Me a River- -Ella Fitzgerald
Dancing in the Streets- -Martha Reeves
Danny's song- -Loggins and Messina
Darling, Be Home Soon- -The Lovin' Spoonful
Didn't I Blow Your Mind- -The Delfonics
Do You Know the Way to San Jose- -Bacharach/David
Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans- -Eddie Delange and Louis Alter
Dock of the Bay- -Otis Redding
Don't be Cruel- -Elvis Presley
Don't Know Why- -Nora Jones
Don’t sleep in the subway- -Petula Clark
Downtown- -Petula Clark
Dream a Little Dream- -The Mamma's and Papa's
Everything I Know About the Blues- -Delbert McClinton
Fields of Gold- -Sting
Fire and Rain- -James Taylor
Fly Me to the Moon- -Frank Sinatra
Folsom Prison Blues- -Johnny Cash
Galveston- -Glen Campbell
Georgia on My Mind- -Ray Charles
God, Give Me Strength- -Bacharach/Costello
Great balls of fir- -Jerry Lee Lewis
Here Comes My Baby- -The Tremeloes
Here Comes the Sun- -The Beatles
Here's That Rainy Day- -Van Heusen
Hey Good Lookin'- -Hank Williams
Hit the Road- -Jack
Hound Dog- -Elvis Presley
House at Pooh corner- -Loggins and Messina
House of the rising sun- -The Animals
I Fall to Pieces- -Patsy Cline
I just called to say I love you- -Stevie Wonder
I left my heart in San Fransisco- -George Cory/ Douglass Cross
I Say a Little Prayer For You- -Bacharach/David
I Think I'm Better Off With the Blues- -Delbert McClinton
I walk the line- -Johnny Cash
I'll Never Fall in Love Again- -Bacharach/David
I'm Beginning to See the Light- -Ellington, George, Hodges and James
I'm Going To Jackson- -Johnny Cash
I'm Old Fashioned- -Kern/Mercer
If I Fell- -The Beatles
In the Misty Moonlight- -Dean Martin
It's Alright (Have a Good Time)- -Curtis Mayfield
It's Now or Never- -Elvis Presley
Jackie Wilson Said- -Van Morrison
Jackson- -Johhny Cash
King of the Road- -Roger Miller
Knowing When to Leave- -Burt Bacharach
Leaving on a jet plane- -Peter, Paul and Mary
Long Ago and Far Away- -Jerome Kern/Ira Gershwin
Love can make you happy- -Mercy
Mack the Knife- -Kurt Weill
Makin' Whoopie- -Walter Donaldson
Moon River- -Henry Mancini
Moon Shadow- -Cat Stevens
My Girl- -The Temptations
My Guy- -Aretha Franklin
My Romance- -Rodgers and Hart
My Way- -Frank Sinatra
New York State of Mind- -Billy Joel
New York, New York- -Frank Sinatra
One Less Bell to Answer- -Bacharach/David
Ooh Child- -The Five Stair steps
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone- -Sam Stept
Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head- -Bacharach/David
Ring of Fire- -Johnny Cash
Rockin' good way to mess around- -Brook Benton/Clyde Otis
Runaway- -Del Shannon
Sailing- -Christopher Cross
Satin Doll- -Duke Ellington
Sentimental Journey- -Les Brown/Ben Homer
She Caught the KATY- -Taj Mahal
Shotgun- -Jr. Walker
Smoke gets in your eyes- -Jerome Kern
Solitary Man- -Neil Diamond
Someone To Watch Over Me- -George and Ira Gershwin
Something- -The Beatles
Something Stupid- -Frank and Nancy Sinatra
Song sung blue- -Neil Diamond
Spanish Eyes- -Bert Kaempfert
Stand by me- -Ben E. King
Strangers in the night- -Bert Kaempfert
Summertime- -Gershwin
Superstar- -Delaney and Bonnie
Sweet Caroline- -Neil Diamond
That's it, I Quit- -Sam Cooke
That's Life- -Frank Sinatra
The Girl from Ipanema- -Carlos Jobim
The Lady is a Tramp- -Rodgers and Hart
The Tennessee Waltz- -Pee Wee King
The Theme From Arthur- -Bacharach
These Dreams of You- -Van Morrison
This Guy's in Love- -Bacharach/David
Til You Come Back to Me- -Franklin/Lauper
To Love Somebody- -The Bee Gees
To Sir with Love- -Lulu
Under the Boardwalk- -The Drifters
Valley of the Dolls Theme- -Andre and Dory Previn
Walk on By- -Bacharach/David
Walkin' after midnight- -Patsy Cline
Walkin' to New Orleans- -Fats Domino
Wedding Bell Blues- -Bacharach/David
What Does it Take- -Jr. Walker
What the World Needs Now- -Bacharach/David
Where is the Love- -Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack
Wichita Lineman- -Glen Campbell
Wild World- -Cat Stevens
Witchcraft- -Frank Sinatra
You Are Everything- -The Stylistics
You are the sunshine of my life- -Stevie Wonder
You really got a hold on me- -The Beatles
You Send Me- -Ben E. King
You've got a friend in me- -Randy Newman
Your Mamma don't dance- -Loggins and Messina