Rita Reys
Reys performing in Hotel De Watergeus, Noorden, Netherlands, in 2004
Reys performing in Hotel De Watergeus, Noorden, Netherlands, in 2004
Background information
Birth nameMaria Everdina Reijs
Born(1924-12-21)21 December 1924
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died28 July 2013(2013-07-28) (aged 88)
Breukelen
GenresJazz, bossa nova
Occupation(s)Singer
LabelsUniversal
Websiteritareys.eu

Rita Reys (born Maria Everdina Reijs; 21 December 1924 – 28 July 2013) was a jazz singer from the Netherlands.[1] She was promoted as "Europe's First Lady of Jazz".[1]

Rita Reys & Trijntje Oosterhuis at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, singing White Christmas, Thursday 17 December 2009.

In the 1980s, Rita returned to the American Songbook, recording albums such as Memories of You with the Lex Jasper orchestra.[2] She died in Breukelen, the Netherlands, on 28 July 2013.[3]

Rita Reys gets a standing ovation at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Thursday 17 December 2009.

Discography

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Biography: Rita Reys". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ Wilson, John S. (5 June 1981). "Rita Reys: First Lady of European Jazz". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Persad, Radjin (29 July 2013). "Rita Reys Dies". NL Times. Retrieved 29 July 2013.

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