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| Kathryn Taubert |
Florida jazz vocalist Kathryn Taubert recently signed with
High Note Multi-Media Corporation of Taiwan to distribute two of her songs on
their upcoming release of jazz standards, “Jazz Café 4” to be sold throughout
China and Taiwan over the new few years.
Fans will remember Taubert’s internationally acclaimed CD
released in 2007, “Where I Can I Go Without You,” when after a hiatus of almost
30 years, she was convinced by Naples own “Mr. Music,” the late Claude Rhea, to
resume performing.
“I left music years ago for a business career,” said Taubert.
“But the music never really left me. With Claude’s mentoring, I started singing
again, turning an old dream into a new passion. He convinced me to record,
something I never imagined doing at this point in life.”
“Where Can I Go Without You,” garnered immediate attention by
becoming the featured selection of France’s Nina Simone Fan Club. Connecticut
School of Broadcasting founder Dick Robinson, in his syndicated radio show
“American Standards by the Sea,” called Taubert’s singing “elegant, eloquent,
and The Real Deal.”
The release of this album, co-produced by guitarist-vocalist
Rick Howard and recorded at Shelton Studios of Naples, Florida, resulted in a
recording contract with D and M Music of Branson, Missouri.
“Somewhere In Time,” released in 2008, includes 12 jazz and
Latin standards, with original lyrics for three well-known melodies written by
Taubert herself.
“I was a writer before I was a singer,” she says. “After
being asked to become a blogger for the “Naples Daily News,” I soon realized I
wanted to write even more than sing. Never entirely comfortable with the
visibility required of performers, I decided to step back again into the shadows
where frankly I’m more comfortable. My blog with the Daily News, “Life in the Slow Lane,” pretty much says how I really prefer to live.”
Taubert’s series of articles on her humanitarian trip to
Africa resulted in her book published in Oct 2012, “Yevu: (White Woman): My Five Weeks With the Ewe Tribe in Ghana, West Africa.” She’s working on a second book
to be published by the end of 2013.
“It’s the best of both worlds,” says Taubert. “I’m grateful
for having performed with so many fine musicians. It’s nice to know that people
who still want to hear that music can do so on our recordings. The High Note
Corp. is opening up a whole new market for the Great American Songbook. Our
countries may not agree on many things, but with music as a universal language,
it’s another bridge between us. I’m proud to be some small part of that.”
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