{{short description|American jazz musician}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Noah Baerman | birth_date = {{birth date and age|March 6, 1975}} | birth_place = New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. | genre = Jazz | instruments = Piano }}
'''Noah Baerman''' (born March 6, 1975)<ref>{{Cite web |last=P4MU |date=2000-03-06 |title=Noah Baerman |url=https://p4mu.com/2000/03/06/noah-baerman/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=P4MU |language=en}}</ref> is an American jazz pianist and educator best known in Connecticut's jazz circles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-13 |title=Pianist Noah Baerman's Art and Activism Overcome Adversity |url=https://www.ctpublic.org/arts-and-culture/2014-03-13/pianist-noah-baermans-art-and-activism-overcome-adversity |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=Connecticut Public |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Baerman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He earned a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in jazz studies from Rutgers University. During college, Baerman was mentored by Kenny Barron.<ref>{{Cite web |title=(VIRTUAL) Conversation with Noah Baerman {{!}} Yale College Arts |url=https://collegearts.yale.edu/events/shows-screenings/virtual-conversation-noah-baerman |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=collegearts.yale.edu |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == Baerman has released nine studio albums and collaborated with prominent jazz musicians, including Wayne Escoffery, Nadje Noordhuis, Linda May Han Oh, Ike Sturm, Jimmy Greene, Robin Eubanks, Warren Smith, and others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Noah Baerman |url=http://noahjazz.com/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=noahjazz.com |language=en-US}}</ref> He has appeared on ''Piano Jazz''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Noah Baerman – Resonant Motion |url=http://resonantmotion.org/noah-baerman/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> Although primarily a jazz musician, Baerman has done occasional work in gospel, soul music, R&B, and pop music.
== Personal life == Baerman has Ehlers–Danlos syndromes (EDS). The condition nearly led him to quit music at 28, though he decided against it. Baerman has since become an advocate for others diagnosed with EDS.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Straight No Chaser - A Jazz Show: Podcast 428: A Conversation with Noah Baerman |url=https://straightnochaserjazz.libsyn.com/podcast-428-a-conversation-with-noah-baerman |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=straightnochaserjazz.libsyn.com |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == *[http://www.noahjazz.com/home.html Noah Baerman Jazz site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027004026/http://www.noahjazz.com/home.html |date=2015-10-27 }}{{authority control}}
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