Soul singer and songwriter, Bettye Lavette combines elements of blues music, rock and funk into her musical style. With a career spanning five decades, her impressively strong, ragged voice, sensual and suggestive, is capable of the most unexpected nuances, which combined with her stage presence, explain why she is considered to be one of the best, if not the best soul singer alive. In her debut at Jazz San Javier Bettye will bring excellent material, her last two albums: Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook (2010) and Thankful N’ Thoughtful . As the New York Times proclaimed: "Bettye LaVette now rivals Aretha Franklin as her generation’s most vital soul singer"