319: Camille Harris and Giant Baby Steps

Camille Harris! Musician! Playwright! Performer! Composer! Friend! Delight! More! We are old friends and have a delightful conversation! She also has a new Kickstarter happening RIGHT NOW that you can be a part of. It's a children's book based on the bebop classic "Giant Steps," a story about uncles and aunts and the special bond they share.

Also, here are many impressive and accurate words from her website's bio: "She recently completed her Master of Arts in Creative Media and Technology at BerkleeNYC specializing in Songwriting and Production. 

Her compositions have been featured on projects and commercials for clients such as Nickelodeon, Adobe, Merrill Lynch, and more. She has mixed and mastered multiple singles for clients around the country. 

She has performed at The Whitney Museum, The Dramatists Guild Foundation, The New Dramatists and The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU. Her musical Muffin Man is published by and available for licensing by Samuel French Inc. and has been performed around the country.

Camille has released five albums: Where I Go, Silly Jazz, Beneath the Moon, Three Loves: The Acoustic Session and Baby on the Subway (available on all streaming services).

Her cover of the Standard 'The Nearness of You,' recorded with pianist David Linard has more than 1.4 million streams and is featured on multiple Spotify editorial playlists. 

Her project, The Silly Jazz Band released a critically acclaimed children's album, Baby on the Subway, which won both the Parents' Choice Awards and the Tillywig Toy Awards. Its title track was featured in IFC/College Humor's Comedy Music Hall of Fame. The Silly Jazz Band has performed with the Brooklyn Public Library’s 'Stomp Clap and Sing' program for five years and has enjoyed three residencies at the Park Slope Library." And that's not all! We have a wonderful chat and you can have a wonderful listen! AND, this is only the FIRST HALF of our chat. For the second portion, head on over to Patreon and you can listen to more!