Kathryn Taubert

The inimitable Claude Rhea, once called Naples, Florida's own "Mr. Music," by Naples Illustrated magazine passed away suddenly in October at 64 Rhea, whom Kathryn Taubert calls her "Naples Musical Mentor," was taken ill suddenly and died a few weeks later of a massive cerebral hemorrage, leaving a huge gap in the soft jazz scene in this upscale Southwestern Florida enclave of music lovers and year round vacationers. "I may have walked into the room by myself," says Taubert, "but it was Claude Rhea who…

"Somewhere In Time," Kathryn's new CD has just been released by D and M Records! Featuring fabulous new arrangements of old standards, her original lyrics to classics such as John Barry's "Somewhere In Time", DeBussy's "Clair de Lune," and David Benoit's "Some Other Sunset," this CD includes haunting ballads, swinging jazz vocal duets, Jobim sambas by some of music's best composers. Featuring also some of the same fine musicians as her 2007 debut CD, "Somewhere In Time" takes music lovers to a whole new…

Starting Oct 25, 2008, Kathryn & The ALLTHATJAZZ Trio will perform monthly at Bayshore Coffee Company on Bayshore Drive in Naples Each month's Jam session, to which local musicians are invited to sit in, will feature a different Trio of some of the ALLTHATJAZZ musicians, known for their versatility as well as talent. The Bayshore Coffee Company has achieved a reputation it's "SO-HO"-like ambience of great food and Saturday night jazz. No reservations required, although early arrival is suggested to…

*BEVERLY HILLS, CA - The first annual International Jazz Awards, a global television special, celebrating over 100 years of jazz music, will take place in Beverly Hills, California at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in early 2009. The nominees, which were selected by a 200 person nominating committee and based on Soundscan's top jazz sellers will honor jazz in the following 24 categories which include Contemporary/Smooth, Traditional, Swing, Brazilian, Latin /Afro-Cuban, Fusion and…

Plans are underway for ALLTHATJAZZ to perform in concert at the posh Surf Club Ballroom, NANUARY 9, 2009, for a special evening of dining, dancing, and merely listening. The ALLTHATJAZZ Septet will feature Kathryn and six of of South Florida's finest jazz musicians, playing the old standards with some original vocals, harmonies, and instrumental performances by Kathryn and her talented musician companions.

FIve-time Grammy nominee David Benoit has endorsed Kathryn's lyrics to his wonderful song, "Some Other Sunset." Hearing Benoit's lovely Latin rhythm on the radio one day, Kathryn wanted to record the tune, but discovered that it had no lyrics! Contacting Benoit's manager with lyrics she wrote just for the song, Kathryn received Benoit's personal approval. "These lyrics are beautiful. Consider them approved," stated Benoit, a multi-faceted composer, conductor, pianist and song-writer whose work had been…

D and M Music, parent company of D and M Records with whom Kathryn recently signed a recording contract has opened a "Fan Product Store" for each of its recording artists! Click on this link (http://www.cafepress.com/dandm) and then Kathryn's photograph to see the items you can order in her name as gifts or keepsakes. .

Kathryn has been been selected as a "Sonicbids Spotlight Artist." Sonicbids (www.sonicbids.com) is for one of the fastest growing professionally-oriented websites in the world connecting promoters with musicians. Presently, "SonicBids" hosts "Electronic Press Kits" for over 70,000 artists, and connects them with more than 6,000 festivals, music conferences, and clubs in more than 100 countries! Being selected as a "Spotlight Artist" out of that number is indeed, an honor. "We dig your music,"…

Kathryn has just signed on for at least four performances in Southwest Florida with the Music Makers Big Show Band, to perform in different venues in the New Year. "I'm really excited about this opportunity," Kathryn says. "It's going back to my 'roots' as a big band singer, and Music Makers (http://www.musicmakersshowband.org/about/) is a fabulous group of experienced musicians whose goal is to preserve the music we all love so much."

Kathryn signed a record label contract with D and M Records, a division of Dand M Music of Simi Valley, CA for the production of a new CD of up to 12 tracks of her choosing "She is a rare talent with some of the most beautiful songs to grace a stage in a long time," said company co-founder Dave Warren. "D and M is proud to have this amazing talent as part of our family of fine musicians." Kathryn is asking her friends and fans to help her select the songs, and will include the winners as…