With a 3 octave range, vocalist/songwriter Kathleen Jackson Bertrand is one of the South's most sought-after vocalists and is the consummate professional, bringing talent, polish and experience to every performance - from National Anthem performances for two presidents to jazz festivals worldwide.

Bertrand's appearances have included the Montreux Jazz Festival's Concerts Acoustique in Montreux, Switzerland in 1999 and 2000, as well as the Atlanta Jazz Festival, the Sinbad Soul Music Festival and the National Black Arts Festival 2000. She opened for the legendary Ray Charles for the 2002 Atlanta Jazz Festival opening night SRO concert at Chastain Park. Bertrand returned to this year's Atlanta Jazz Festival for a performance in Piedmont Park in May, and will headline her own Concert at the Rialto Theatre, Atlanta, in November.

Kathleen Bertrand

In 2002, her "No Regrets" CD was released on the Gold Circle Records Label. Selections from, "No Regrets", have been on radio charts all over Europe. In November 2002, she released her latest CD, "Reasons for the Season", a jazzy compilation of Christmas hymns. Previously in 1999, the Atlanta native released her own independently produced CD entitled, "All of Me," for which she co-wrote 8 out of the CD's 11 songs. Additionally, Bertrand penned the national theme song for the 100 Black Men of America.

The jazz singer has opened for many of America's most prestigious artists, including Roy Ayers, Grammy winners David Benoit, Tony Bennett, and Tony Rich, Rachelle Ferrell, and the late George Howard. Additionally, Bertrand has a tremendous reputation as one of the nation's most requested singers for the National Anthem, having sung for the Atlanta Braves, Falcons and Hawks, for NASCAR's NAPA 500, and for both President George H. W. Bush and President Bill Clinton.

Kathleen has opened for such artists as B T Express, Roy Ayers, Jeff Lorber and the Sounds of Blackness. She has taken her own cabaret act to the Plush Room, the Midtown Festival, and the Piedmont Park Festival Cabaret Night. She has also been a featured performer at the New Year's Eve Peach Drop at Underground Atlanta, the National Black Arts Festival, the Atlanta Jazz Festival, the Atlanta/Montreux International Music Festival, KingFest and numerous other festivals and venues in the country.

Earlier in her career, Kathleen joined jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers and his band Ubiquity as lead vocalist. With Ayers she toured the United States and Canada, recorded on two of his albums, and performed in Carnegie Hall, 'certainly one of the highlights of my life as a performing artist,' she says. In it's review of the Carnegie Hall concert, the New York Post said, 'Jackson's powerful pipes sent us right into the stratosphere.'

Kathleen has the unique distinction of having performed for three different Olympics! Her voice was heard round the world during the closing ceremonies of the '92 Barcelona Olympic Games as NBC aired an Atlanta commercial featuring her solo a capella vocals. The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games sent Bertrand to Lillehammer, Norway, during the '94 Winter Olympics as a performing 'cultural ambassador'. During the '96 Olympics, Kathleen was one of the regular performers featured in Centennial Park during the seventeen days of the Olympic Games.