Toni Jannotta, My Little Heart, Ruthie Review

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Better late than never.  Well, I am very late on this one. My hesitation was not the project, but how do I categorize this.  Toni Jannotta by trade is a jazz vocalist and composer. This is a very different project all together.  It’s a children’s book with a companion soundtrack and narration.  What is surprisingly good is the soundtrack itself, not that the book isn’t, but being a music person – certainly its my nature to gravitate to the music. My Little Heart, Ruthie is the story of a heart in isolation that must learn to free itself. Told through rhyme and complimented with a jazz inspired musical suite underscoring the narration, we follow Ruthie’s journey, aided by her friend Clyde, as she shares her story and finds her freedom.  That’s the short of it!