***UPDATE: "Jeweled Rain" nominated for "Best Solo Instrumental Album" in the Just Plain Folks 2001 Music Awards. Check out www.jpfolks.com. *** While playing her jazz compositions with a fiery passion, Catherine Marie stands and stomps her feet and dances with her whole body (she's on numerous occasions been compared to Keith Jarrrett, but without the grunts!). Classically trained, her piano improvisations mix jazz, classical, and new age piano influences. She's currently working on two new albums--one with mostly jazz influences, and a new age meditations album with 60 minutes of uninterrupted piano music. George Winston, solo pianist, says that "Catherine Marie Charlton has a beautiful and unique dedication to composing for the piano." Kathy Parsons of Solo Piano Publications said in her review of "Jeweled Rain," "The range of Catherine Marie Charlton's playing styles is astounding. From classical (along the lines of Rachmaninoff, Mozart, up through the modern classicists) to jazz and bebop to dramatic vocals, this artist can do it all! From somber to exuberant, there is something here for everyone. ...if you enjoy an artist with a very broad understanding of music and her instrument, this should be right up your alley! Charlton's playing skills are nothing short of amazing! "
