Search - Kathleen Holeman :: Don't You Wonder?

Kathleen's powers as a storyteller are compelling. One poignant example is her sensitive reading of the seldom heard verse for Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies". An equally moving moment occurs in Kathleen's intimate limning of "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye", an exquisite duo with guitarist Rod Fleeman. In each (and, really, in all of the album's fourteen tracks), she invites us to share her innermost thoughts and emotions. Her clear diction is another asset. Did I mention that she swings? Well, in carrying on the tradition of consummate artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Kathleen phrases with dash and class. "Don't You Wonder?" is a sharply focused snapshot of where Kathleen is at in this important stage of her young career. "I want the album to show that I can handle different styles of songs, from different time periods and genres, and make them my own. I have grown musically and want this to document where I am right now. Hopefully, the listener will be open-minded and appreciate the variety." - Dr. Chuck Berg, University of Kansas, July 2003, Contributor toDownbeat, Jazztimes, Jazz Educators Journal, the Oxford Companion to Jazz, and Gramophone Guide to CD Jazz, Co-Author of The Encyclopedia of Orson Welles; National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences