Rita Reys

vocals · 1924–2013 · Rotterdam

Singer born in Rotterdam, presented as the "first lady of European jazz". Her first album, The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956), combines one side recorded in Hilversum and one New York side with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; she later recorded extensively with pianist Pim Jacobs, whom she married in 1960.

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Styles

• Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese
• Dutch jazz

Landmark tracks

• It's All Right with Me (1956)
• That Old Black Magic (1956)
• My Funny Valentine (Rita Reys) (1956)

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