Rita Reys

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Rita Reys from Rotterdam sang after the war in the orchestra of the drummer Wessel Ilcken, whom she married. In 1956 she recorded The Cool Voice of Rita Reys in New York for Columbia, with, among others, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. That was exceptional for a European jazz singer. She was called 'Europe's First Lady of Jazz'. After Ilcken's death she married the pianist Pim Jacobs, with whom she worked for decades, on television as well. She recorded many Brazilian songs and jazz standards. She died in 2013 in Breukelen.

Listening

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  Gone with the Wind · Rita Reys, 1956
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  My One and Only Love · Rita Reys, 1956
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  Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year · Rita Reys, 1956

Discography

Studio albums

• 1957Her Name Is Rita Reys
• 1957The Cool Voice of Rita Reys
• 1957The Cool Voice of Rita Reys No. 2
• 1960Marriage in Modern Jazz
• 1961Jazz Pictures at an Exibition
• 1963Jazz Sir
• 1971Sings Burt Bacharach
• 1972Rita Reys Sings Michel Legrand
• 1972The Cool Voice of Rita Reys No. 2
• 1973Our Favorite Songs
• 1975Rita Reys Sings the George Gershwin Songbook
• 1979That Old Feeling
• 1980Collage
• 1981Sings Antonio Carlos Jobim
• 1986Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
• 1987Two For Tea
• 1989Relax With Rita & Pim
• 1990Rita Reys Meets Oliver Nelson
• 1990Swing & Sweet
• 1992Tenderly
• 1992The American Songbook, Volume 1
• 1992The American Songbook, Volume 2
• 1994Collage
• 2003Two Jazzy People
• 2005Beautiful Love - A Tribute to Pim Jacobs
• 2010Young at Heart
• ?Marriage in Modern Jazz
• ?The Cool Voice of Rita Reys No. 2

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Jazz Map^NL Map
• After Hours: Session 2^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Vocal jazz GenreIn the Netherlands, Rita Reys and Ann Burton became known; today, singers include Cécile McLorin Salvant and Samara Joy.
• Jazz in the Netherlands GenreIn the 1950s the singer Rita Reys became internationally known as 'Europe's First Lady of Jazz', later often with the pianist Pim Jacobs.

See also

• Vocal jazz
• Jazz in the Netherlands