Raquel Bitton Returns to Carnegie Hall With Her New Show ``A Little Bit of Paris''.Entertainment Editors & Music Writers NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 23, 2001 French jazz France has a long history with jazz music. Jazz began to become significant in France starting in the 1920s. As with Brazil (see Brazilian jazz), the French were at first concerned it was too American of an influence before "making it their own. singer Raquel Bitton returns to Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall Concert hall in New York, N.Y., U.S. It was endowed by the industrialist Andrew Carnegie at the insistence of the conductor Walter Damrosch (1862–1950). on Friday, March 30, at 8 p.m., with her new show "A Little Bit of Paris," featuring songs from the romantic era of Paris of the 1920s, '30s and '40s. Tickets for "Raquel Bitton Sings `A Little Bit of Paris'" are on sale at the Carnegie Hall Box Office and by phone at 212/247-7800. Tickets are also available at all Ticketmaster outlets. For this one-night-only performance, Bitton will be accompanied by a 20-piece orchestra and will sing songs from the Edith Piaf Noun 1. Edith Piaf - French cabaret singer (1915-1963) Edith Giovanna Gassion, Little Sparrow, Piaf songbook, Sidney Bechet, Paul Misraki, Charles Trenet, Yves Montand, Lucienne Boyer, Damia, Frehel, Tino Rossi and Jean Sablon. French singer and recording artist Bitton is recognized as the foremost singer of French music in the world today and has been internationally praised as the greatest interpreter of the music from the Piaf repertoire. For more information about Bitton, visit her Web site at www.raquelbitton.com. Critical Acclaim "Bitton's vocals honored Piaf's style." -- Ann Powers, The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times "Raquel Bitton's CD tribute to Edith Piaf is terrific!" -- Liz Smith, syndicated columnist "The presentation is exquisite. Bitton is superb in sight and song. I could listen to her combined English/French renditions for hours. Her intensity and authenticity are utterly overwhelming. One wishes along the way to come up for air, to shout and clap and whistle in tribute to the glorious music and to the captivating cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. Bitton." -- Philip Elwood, San Francisco Chronicle The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.[2] The paper grew along with San Francisco to become the largest circulation newspaper on the West Coast of the "Powerful, emotional, mesmerizing mes·mer·ize tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es 1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" ... musically stunning -- Bitton's impassioned delivery has a trance-like effect on a listener. Piaf and Billie Holiday share a poignancy that few others have mastered; Bitton, here, is one." -- Philip Elwood, San Francisco Chronicle "The voice, the heart, and the talent would have pleased Piaf so, I assure you!" -- Henri Contet, legendary composer of more than 40 of Piaf's songs, in praise of Bitton |
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