Raquel Bitton's new CD release "Paris Blues"

"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 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 II.

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.

To download CD cover please go to www.raquelbitton.com