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Rita Reys (born Maria Everdina Reijs; 21 December 1924 – 28 July 2013) was a 
In the 1980s, Rita returned to the American Songbook, recording albums such as ''Memories of You'' with the Lex Jasper orchestra. She died in 
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
singer from the Netherlands. She was promoted as "Europe's First Lady of Jazz".
In the 1980s, Rita returned to the American Songbook, recording albums such as ''Memories of You'' with the Lex Jasper orchestra. She died in Breukelen
Breukelen () is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the north west of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the lakes of the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of natural and tour ...
, the Netherlands, on 28 July 2013.
Discography
* ''The Cool Voice of Rita Reys
''The Cool Voice of Rita Reys'' is the debut album by Dutch jazz singer Rita Reys which features sessions recorded with bands led by drummers Art Blakey and her husband Wessel Ilcken. The sessions are divided over each side of the original LP wh ...
'' (Columbia, 1956)
* ''The Cool Voice of Rita Reys No. 2'' (Philips, 1957)
* ''New Voices'' (Dawn, 1957)
* ''Two Jazzy People'' with Bengt Hallberg (Philips, 1959)
* ''Marriage in Modern Jazz'' with Pim Jacobs (Philips, 1960)
* ''Jazz Pictures at an Exhibition'' with Pim Jacobs (Philips, 1961)
* ''Jazz Sir, That's Our Baby'' (Philips, 1963)
* ''Rita Reys at the Golden Circle Club Stockholm'' with Pim Jacobs (Philips, 1963)
* ''Rita Reys Meets Oliver Nelson'' (Philips, 1965)
* ''Congratulations in Jazz'' (Philips, 1965)
* ''Rita a Go-Go'' with Pim Jacobs (Philips, 1967)
* ''Today: Recorded in London'' (Philips, 1969)
* ''Sings Burt Bacharach'' (CBS, 1971)
* ''Rita Reys Sings Michel Legrand'' (CBS, 1972)
* ''Our Favorite Songs'' with Pim Jacobs (CBS, 1973)
* ''Rita Reys Sings the George Gershwin Songbook'' (CBS, 1975)
* ''That Old Feeling'' with Pim Jacobs (CBS, 1979)
* ''Collage'' (CBS, 1980)
* ''Sings Antonio Carlos Jobim'' (Philips, 1981)
* ''Collage'' with Pim Jacobs (CBS, 1981)
* ''Rita Reys'' (Philips, 1982)
* ''Memories of You'' with Pim Jacobs (Utopia Music, 1983)
* ''Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'' with Pim Jacobs (Polydor, 1986)
* ''Live at the Concertgebouw'' with Pim Jacobs (RCA, 1986)
* ''Two for Tea'' with Louis Van Dijk (Polydor, 1987)
* ''Relax with Rita & Pim'' (Philips, 1989)
* ''Swing & Sweet'' (Blue Note, 1990)
* ''The American Songbook Volume 1'' (Music-All-In, 1992)
* ''The American Songbook Volume 2'' (Music-All-In, 1992)
* ''Loss of Love: Rita Reys Sings Henry Mancini'' (Quintessence, 1998)
* ''The Lady Strikes Again'' (Quintessence, 1999)
* ''Once Upon a Summertime'' (Koch, 1999)
* ''Young at Heart'' (Wedgeview Music, 2010)
References
External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reys, Rita 1924 births 2013 deaths Dutch women singers Dutch jazz singers Musicians from Rotterdam 20th-century Dutch women singers