The Cool Voice of Rita Reys explained

The Cool Voice of Rita Reys
Type:Studio
Artist:Rita Reys
Cover:The Cool Voice of Rita Reys.jpg
Released:1956
Recorded:January 17 & August 16, 1955, and February 16, May 3 & June 25, 1956
Studio:Phonogram Studios (Holland)
Genre:Jazz
Length:35:46
Label:Columbia CL 903
Philips B 08006 L
Producer:George Avakian
Chronology:Art Blakey
Prev Title:Originally
Prev Year:1956
Next Title:Hard Bop
Next Year:1956

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 which was released on the Dutch Philips and US Columbia labels.[1] [2] [3]

Reception

Allmusic stated "In 1956 Reys recorded probably her most famous album, The Cool Voice of Rita Reys. Her backup band was Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers. Reys and Ilcken spent a few months in the United States during 1956–1957. She had opportunities to sing not only with Blakey but Jimmy Smith, Chico Hamilton, Clark Terry, and Mat Mathews".[4]

Track listing

  1. "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) – 2:37
  2. "Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) – 2:35
  3. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:59
  4. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin" – 2:09
  5. "I Should Care" (Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn) – 2:38
  6. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 2:27
  7. "I Cried for You" (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman) – 3:30
  8. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Porter) – 3:36
  9. "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) – 4:14
  10. "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:56
  11. "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" (Frank Loesser) – 3:41
  12. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, John La Touche, Ted Fetter) – 2:34

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/rita-reys/catalog/#philips-b-08006-l Rita Reys discography
  2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/art-blakey/catalog/#philips-b-08006-l Art Blakey discography
  3. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Blakey/chron.htm Art Blakey chronology
  4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Rita Reys biography, accessed June 12, 2013

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