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Raquel Bitton: Rhythm of the Heart
by C. Michael Bailey
There are two powerful aural cues on Raquel Bitton's Rhythm of the Heart. The first is Edith Piaf. I don't suspect that any song sung in French does not cue a thought of Piaf. The second cue is that of the Latinesque music often featured on the Lawrence Welk Show, the only place to hear this music in some climes and times. Bitton chooses the songbook of Tino Rossi (1907--1983) for her subject. Rossi was the Latin voice of the ...
read moreHavana Meets Paris! Raquel Bitton’s New CD "Rhythm Of The Heart" (RB Records, April 16 Release)
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
Havana meets Paris - imagine the sensuality and passion of this melding of two romantic worlds! Accompanied by a 21-piece Orchestra led by a hot Afro-Cuban Band and including members of the San Francisco Symphony, Raquel Bitton sings (in French) sambas, bossa novas, cha-chas, merengue, danzon, tangos, milongas, and boleros of legendary Latin singer Tino Rossi. Rhythm Of The Heart is co- produced and engineered by 11x Grammy award winner Rafa Sardina. It features the great virtuoso Ramon Stagnaro on ...
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Raquel Bitton Celebrates Renowned Latin Composers in New French/Latin Jazz Recording
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All About Jazz
French Jazz singer Raquel Bitton celebrates renowned Latin composers in her hot new French/Latin Jazz recording Boleros which will be released on March 17.
Boleros, Raquel Bittons 7th recording to date, sung in French and Spanish, was engineered by 11x Grammy award winner Rafa Sardina and showcases the music of legendary Latin composers including Armando Manzanero, Consuelo Velasquez, Augustin Lara, Isolina Carillo and others.
Raquel Bitton is accompanied by a 28 piece orchestra featuring notable Latin Jazz musicians including: Ramon ...
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Raquel Bitton's new CD release "Paris Blues"
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All About Jazz
"Oh, what a magnificent CD! Raquel Bitton's new CD Paris Blues is evocative of great romance and great heartache, a lost and soulful era, a thousand broken dreams. Put on your satin gown and bring out the gardenias for a night of sweet nostalgia in the mists of Paris past"--Kathleen Lawton, KCSM-FM 91
About Paris Blues, in stores or available at ITunes February 21:
Paris Blues is the musical story--sometimes joyful, often melancholy, and always hopeful--of a beautiful city in ...
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