Product DescriptionJazzy Blues, sweet angelic, pure, silky, sultry, velvety vocalist, songstylist with a powerful rendition of The American Songbook Classics. Rita Rose is a miracle, a diamond in the rough as she battled cancer at age 19, with the removal of her thyroid. She fought back through a long rehabilitation period to restore her speaking voice and eventually her singing voice. Remarkably, her new vocals transformed her voice from classic to angelic. Rita Rose is an accomplished vocalist, lyricist, pianist, song stylist who records and performs classy jazz, blues, and classics from the Great American Songbook to today s favorites. Her sultry, sweet ringing voice has pleased thousands as she has toured the USA since the 1980 s playing at renowned resorts, hotels, lounges, cabarets and at private and corporate functions. Rita Rose presents herself and every performance with empathy for those who have suffered disabilities by singing and playing from the heart. Her every note encompasses the full emotion of feelings held in the lyrics and melody. This unique quality allows Rita Rose to connect emotionally with her audiences and listeners that lift their spirits not capable in any other way. Ms. Rose graduated 25 years ago with a music degree from Five Towns College on Long Island and still collaborates with her favorite professor Chuck Mymit who is her arranger. Mr. Mymit still instructs at Five Towns College. Rita Rose has appeared and showcased on the following radio shows: Joe Franklin s Memory Lane Radio Show ...WOR AM, NYC Breakfast on Long Island ...Ray Heatherton Radio Show The Morning Show ...WALK, FM NY with Al Lewis Sunny Days ...WALK, AM NY with Robert Tirado Musician s Hour ...WGBB Long Island Radio Show Of her latest release, Joe Franklin says, Sensational! ... her intonation and enunciation are meticulous...The Great American Songbook is alive and well with Rita Rose Sue Leer The News-Review. Of her live performance at Northport Veterans Hospital, ...the veterans were singing, dancing...it brought smiles to everyone s faces... Susan Pisano, Assistant Chief of Recreation Therapy, Department of Veterans Affairs (Rita) Rose has a natural blues tone Billie Holiday... (North Forkers Sing At (The Long Island) Blues Festival, Erica Jackson The Traveler Watchman