Jazz Articles

Kathleen Kolman: The Dreamer

by Dave Nathan
January 1, 2001

The New England area is simply teeing with excellent vocalists, including Donna Bryne, Kris Adams, Krisanthi Pappas and Carol Akerson, among others. With an exceptional inaugural album, The Dreamer, another New Englander Kathleen Kolman earns a prominent spot on that roster. To her credit, the album's play list avoids the comfortable standard classic material of Cole Porter, the Gershwin Brothers, Mercer and Van Heusen, material that singers usually stick with on their initial album. Instead her musical agenda features what ...