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| Raquel Bitton's new CD "Paris Blues"  The newest CD Paris Blues of French singer Raquel Bitton will be in stores or available at ITunes from February 21. Paris Blues is the musical story--sometimes joyful, often melancholy, and always hopeful--of a beautiful city in a time of war and liberation. It's the evocation of an era that produced some of our most gifted composers and performers, Parisians by birth and by adoption who sustained and redefined their city's sense of romance and excitement in the years before, during, and immediately after World War II. You can find very different music in this project. Everyone will find here his favorite tune.Paris Blues ranges from the music of the American Sydney Bechet (”Petite Fleur”), Belgian Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt (”Nuages”), Billie Holiday (”Je suis folle de t'aimer”), the queen of Portuguese “fado, ” Amalia Rodrigues (”Paris s'eveille la nuit”), Argentinean Tangoist Tino Rossi (”Ecris moi”), French crooner Jean Sablon, who teamed with Django and violinist Stephan Grappelli (”Il ne faut pas briser un reve”), band singer Lucienne Delyle (”Jai chante sur ma peine”), and sultry French Jazz singers Leo Marjane (”Je suis seule ce soir”) and Suzy Solidor (”Escale”). Recorded at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |