Jazz Articles about Raquel Bitton

Raquel Bitton: Rhythm of the Heart

by C. Michael Bailey
June 2, 2013

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 ...