* THE COOL VOICE OF RITA REYS
(1957) Philips Mono / Stereo
It's Alright With Me (Porter)
Gone With The Wind (Magdison / Wrubel)
My Funny Valentine (Rodgers / Hart)
But Not For Me (Gershwin / Gershwin)
I Should Care (Cahn / Stordahl / Weston)
There Will Never Be Another You (Gorden / Warren)
I Cried For You (Arnheim / Freed)
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Porter)
My One And Only Love (Mellin / Wood)
That Old Black Magic (Mercer / Arlen)
Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year (Loesser)
Taking A Chance On Love (LaToucher / Ferrer / Duke)
Tracks 1 - 6 With Rita Reys (Vocal) with The Wessel Ilcken Combo
Tracks 7 - 12 With Rita Reys (Vocal) with The Jazz Messenger
Recorded: Track 3 on January 17th 1955 / Tracks 5 - 6 August 16th 1955
Tracks 1 - 2 and 4 February 16th 1956 in Hilversum, the Netherlands.
Tracks 8 and 12 May 3rd 1956 / 7 and 9 - 11 June 25th 1956 in New
York,
USA
Lp release: Philips B 08006 L (Mono)
*Cd release: Complete album on Philips PHCE-4140 released 2000 in Japan
only
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* HER NAME IS RITA
(1957) Philips Mono / Stereo
He's My Guy (Raye / De Paul)
Please be Kind (Cahn / Chaplin)
They Didn't Believe Me (Reynolds / Kern)
Falling In Love with Love (Rodgers / Hart)
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Wolfe / Landesman)
Only A Moment Ago (Ager / Rose)
Star Eyes (Raye / De Paul)
There Is No Greater Love (Symes / Jones)
The Song Is You (Hammerstein / Kern)
Where Are You? (Adamsom / McHugh)
Old Devil Moon (Harburg / Lane)
Keepin' Myself For You (Clare / Youmans)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) Jan Corduwener and His Orchestra
and Tom Dissevelt and His Orchestra
Tracks 1 - 3, 6, 8 and 10 music arranged and conducted by Jan
Corduwener
Tracks 4 - 5, 7, 9, 11 - 12 music arranged and conducted by Tom
Dissevelt
Recorded: Tracks 1-12 recorded in Hilversum, Netherlands between
25th and 27th March 1957
Lp release: Philips B 08010 L (Mono)
Lp re-issue: 'Cool Voice Of Rita Reys' Philips 6440 051 (Stereo)
*Cd release: Complete album on UCCM-9045 released in 2001 Japan only
(Mono)
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TWO "JAZZY" PEOPLE
RITA REYS & BENGT HALLBERG
(1958) Philips Mono / Stereo
* Avalon (Rose / Jolson / DeSylva)
* Prelude To A Kiss (Mills / Gordon / Ellington)
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Russell / Ellington)
Three Little Words (Ruby / Kalmer)
* I'm Glad There Is You (Dorsey / Madeira)
* I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Rodgers / Hart)
Stardust (Parish / Camichael)
* Love For Sale (Porter)
Lullaby Of The Leaves (Petkere / Young)
I Fall In Love Too Easily (Cahn / Styne)
Cabin In the Sky (La Touche / Duke)
After You've Gone (Creamer / Layton)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) Bengt Hallberg (Piano) with rhythm accompaniment
by
Gunnar Johnson (Bass) and Egil Johansen (Drums)
Recorded: Tracks 1-12 recorded in Stockholm, Sweden between 14th and
16th December 1958
Lp release: Philips PO 8203 L
Lp re-issue: 'Two "Jazzy" People' Philips / Fontana 6428 109
*Cd release: Only indicated tracks are released on cd collections
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* MARRIAGE IN MODERN JAZZ
(1960) Philips Mono / Stereo
Summertime (Gershwin / Gershwin / Heyward))
Broadway (Woode / McRae / Bird)
I 've Got The World On A String (Koehler / Arlen)
No Moon At All (Mann / Evans)
How Deep Is The Ocean (Berlin)
Have You Met Miss Jones (Rodgers / Hart)
Too Close For Comfort (Bock / Holofcener / Weiss)
Like Someone In Love (Burke / van Heusen)
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Bassmann / Washington)
Thou Swell (Rodgers / Hart)
Willow Weep For Me (Ronnell)
But Not For Me (Gershwin / Gershwin)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Trio - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Ruud
Jacobs (Bass)
and Wim Overgaauw (Guitar)
Recorded: Tracks 1-12 recorded in Hilversum, Netherlands on 23rd June
1960
LP release: Philips P 08052 L (Mono)
Lp re-issue: 'Marriage In Modern Jazz' Philips / Favorieten Parade 655
011 XPL
*Cd Release: Complete album on Mercury 848 307-2 released in the
Netherlands
* Cd re-issue: Complete album re-issued Fall 2002 in Japan
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* JAZZ SIR, THAT'S OUR BABY
- Rita Reys and The Dutch Swing College Band
(1963) Philips Mono / Stereo
Yes Sir, That's My Baby (Donaldson / Kahn)
Solitude (Ellington / Lange / Mills)
Lazy River (Carmichaels / Arodin)
Moonglow (Hudson / Lange / Mills)
Exactly Like You (McHugh / Fields)
After You've Gone (Creamer / Layton)
Goody-Goody (Mercer / Malneck)
Basin Street Blues (Williams)
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (Young / Ahlert)
Mood Indigo (Ellington / Mills / Bigard)
Melancholy Baby (Burnett / Norton)
Ain't She Sweet (Yellen / Ager)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Dutch Swing College Band - Peter
Schilperoort (Leader / Clarinet and Piano on track 9) Ray Kaart
(Trumpet) Dick Kaart (Trombone) Arie Lighart (Guitar and Banjo)Bob van
Oven (Bass) and Lu Ssanet (Drums)
Recorded: Tracks 1-12 recorded in Den Haag, Netherlands between July
and
September 1963
LP Release: Philips P 12 903 L (Mono) / 840 334 PY (Stereo)
* Cd Release: Complete album on Philips / Phonogram 826 765-2
released
in Europe
* Cd re-issue: Complete album issued 2001 in Japan
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* RELAX WITH RITA AND PIM
(1964) Philips Mono / Stereo
Desafinado (Jobim / Mendonca / Cavanaugh / Hendricks)
Bluesette (Gimbel / Thielemans)
The Boy from Ipanema (Gimbel / Jobim / de Moraes)
My Funny Valentine (Rodgers / Hart)
Shadow of Your Smile (Mandel / Webster)
Love for Sale (Porter)
Zon in Schevenigen (DeGroot / Hermert)
Yesterday (Lennon / McCartney)
Summertime (Gershwins / Heyward)
Waltz for Debby (Evans / Lees)
Can't Buy Me Love (Lennon / McCartney)
(Fly Me to the Moon) In Other Words (Howard)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Combo
Recorded: Tracks 1-12 recorded in Hilversum, Netherlands between
1959-1964
Lp release: Philips
* Cd release: Complete album on Philips EJD-1030 released in Japan only
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CONGRATULATIONS IN JAZZ
- Rita's Greatest Sucesses In New Interpretations
(1965) Philips Mono / Stereo
I Cried For You (Arnheim / Freed)
Whisper Not (Golson)
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Porter)
* Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Wolfe / Landesman)
* Love For Sale (Porter)
*Summertime (Gershwins / Heyward)
* The Boy From Ipanema (Gimbel / Jobim)
That Old Black Magic (Mercer / Arlen)
On Green Dolphin Street (Kaper / Washington)
* My Funny Valentine (Hart / Rodgers)
It's Alright With Me (Porter)
* Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year (Loesser)
There Will Never Be Another You (Gorden / Warren)
* Waltz For Debbie (Evans / Lees)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Trio - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Rudd
Jacobs (Bass)
Wim Overgaauw (Guitar)
Recorded: Tracks 1-14 recorded in Hilversum, Netherlands between 5th
and
21st of January 1963
Lp Release: Philips P 12955 L (Mono) / 840 358 PY (Stereo)
*Cd Release: Only indicated tracks are released on cd collections
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* RITA REYS MEETS OLIVER NELSON
(1965) Philips Mono / Stereo
Satin Doll (Mercer / Ellington)
The Very Thought Of You (Noble)
Wives And Lovers (David / Bacharach)
Ill Wind (Koehler / Arlen)
It Could Happen To You (Burke / van Heusen)
The Second Time Around (Cahn / van Heusen)
Quiet Nights (Corcovado) (Jobim / Kaye / Lees)
Call Me Irresponsible (Cahn / van Heusen)
You Don't Know What Love Is (Raye / de Paul)
If I Were A Bell (Loesser)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Trio - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Ruud Jacobs (Bass) Stu Martin (Drums) Art Farmer (Horn) Sahib Shihab
(Saxophone) Benny Bailey (Trumpet) Lee Konitz (Alto Saxophone)
Orchestra arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson
Recorded: Tracks 1-10 recorded in Hilversum, Netherlands between the
10th and 24th October 1965
Lp release: Philips P 12700 L
* Cd release: Complete album on Philips EJD-1044 released in Japan
only
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* RECORDED IN LONDON
(1969) Philips Stereo
The Moment of Truth (Satterwhite / Scott)
* When I Look in Your Eyes (Bricusse)
* On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (Lerner / Lane)
Our Language of Love (Monnot / Brefort / More / Heneker / Norman)
What The World Needs Now Is Love (Bacharach)
* Soon It's Gonna Rain (Schmidt / Jones)
* More Than You Know (Eliscu / Rose / Youmans)
* You'd Better Love Me (Martin / Gray)
Sing A Rainbow (Hamilton)
The Look of Love (Bacharach / David)
Baubles, Bangles and Beads (Borodin)
Come Back To Me (Lerner / Lane)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and Orchestra
Arranged and conducted by Peter Knight
Produced by Johnny Franz
Recorded: Tracks 1-12 recorded in London, England on 30th May, 2nd
and
4th July 1969
Lp release: Philips 849 013 PY
*Cd Release: Only indicated tracks are released on cd collections
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* RITA REYS SING BURT BACHARACH
(1971) CBS Stereo
One Less Bell To Answer
Paper-Mache
The Windows Of The World
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
A House Is Not A Home
There Is Always Something There To Remind Me
Alfie
Close To You
I'll Never Fall In Love Again
Make It Easy On Yourself
Do You Know The Way To San Jose
This Girl's In Love With You
(All songs written by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and Orchestra
Orchestra arranged and conducted by Rogier van Otterloo
Produced by Ruud Jacobs
Lp release: CBS S64253
* Cd release: Complete album on CBS 462642-2 released 1988 in the
Netherlands
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OUR FAVORITE SONGS
(1973) CBS
* Moonlight In Vermont (Suessdorf / Blackburn)
* My Funny Valentine (Rodgers / Hart)
* Lover Man (Davis / Sherman / Ramirez)
* Two Sleepy People (Loesser / Carmichael)
* The Nearness of You (Washington / Carmichael)
* When I Fall In Love (Heyman / Young)
* Here's That Rainy Day (Burke / van Heusen)
* In The Wee Small Hours (Hilliard / Mann)
* Where or When (Rodgers / Hart)
* Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Wolf / Landesman)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Trio - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Peter Ypma (Drums) Ruud Jacobs (Bass)
Produced by Ruud Jacobs
Lp: CBS S65620
* Cd: All the tracks from this album appear on cd collections:
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 and 9 on Columbia COL 476774 2 - Rita Reys / Pim
Jacobs Collage
Tracks 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10 on Columbia CDL 496671 1 - Rita Reys First
Lady
Of Jazz
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* RITA REYS SINGS MICHEL LEGRAND
(1972) CBS
Once Upon A Summer Time (Legrand / Marnay / Mercer)
Ask Yourself Why (Legrand / Bergman / Bergman)
What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life (Legrand / Bergman / Bergman)
I Will Wait for You (Legrand / Demy / Gimbel)
The Hands of Time (Legrand / Bergman / Bergman)
Where's The Love (Legrand / Culverwell / Cameron)
The Summer Knows (Legrand / Bergman / Bergman)
Watch What Happens (Legrand / Demy / Gimbel)
The Years of My Youth (Legrand / Drejac / Shaper)
The Windmills of Your Mind (Legrand / Bergman / Bergman)
Pieces of Dreams (Legrand / Bergman / Bergman)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) Louis van Dyke (Piano) Jean 'Toots' Thielemans
(Harmonica)
Sem Nyveen (Violin) Letty de Jong, Mary Duys and Marian di Giovanni
(Vocals)
Orchestra arranged and conducted by Rogier van Otterloo
Produced by Ruud Jacobs and John J. Vis
Lp: CBS S65037
* Cd: Complete album on Columbia 472754-2 released in 1992 the
Netherlands
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* RITA REYS SINGS GEORGE GERSHWIN
(1975) CBS
Embraceable You (Gershwin / Gershwin)
Love Walked In (Gershwin / Gershwin)
Oh, Lady Be Good (Gershwin / Gershwin)
But Not For Me (Gershwin / Gershwin)
The Man I Love (Gershwin / Gershwin)
They Can't Take That Away for Me (Gershwin / Gershwin)
Summertime (Gershwin / Du Bose Heyward)
I Loves You Porgy (Gershwin / Gershwin / Du Bose Heyward)
A Foggy Day (Gershwin / Gershwin)
Someone to Watch Over Me (Gershwin / Gershwin)
Love is Here To Stay (Gershwin / Gershwin)
Soon (Gershwin / Gershwin)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) Pim Jacobs (Piano) and Orchestra
Orchestra arranged and conducted by Rogier van Otterloo
Produced by Ruud Jacobs and John J. Vis
Lp: CBS 80580
* Cd: Complete album on Columbia 472755-2 released in 1992 the
Netherlands
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* THAT OLD FEELING
(1979) CBS
That Old Feeling (Brown / Fain)
Over The Rainbow (Arlen / Harburg)
My Funny Valentine (Rodgers / Hart)
Poor Butterfly (Hubbell / Golden)
My Foolish Heart (Young / Washington)
Mr. Wonderful (Bock / Holofcener / Weiss)
Where or When (Rodgers / Hart)
Too Marvelous for Words (Mercer / Whiting)
Fly Me to the Moon (Howard)
Remember (Berlin)
Everything Happens to Me (Adair / Dennis)
Isn't It Romantic (Rodgers / Hart)
Moonlight in Vermont (Suessdorf / Blackburn)
The Touch of Your Lips (Noble)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Trio - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Peter Ypma (Drums)
Ruud Jacobs (Bass) and featuring Johnny Griffin (Tenor Saxophone)
Produced by John J. Vis, Ruud Jacobs
Recorded: The versions of My Funny Valentine, Where or When and
Moonlight in Vermount were recorded in 1973
and previously issued on the album 'Our Favorite Songs'
Lp: CBS 83981
* Cd: Complete album on CDCBS 26609 released in 1985 the Netherlands
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* RITA REYS SINGS ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
(1981) Philips Stereo
How Insensitive (Insensatez) (Jobim / de Moraes / Gimbel)
Dindi (Oliviera / Jobim / Gilbert)
So Danco Samba (de Moraes / Jobim)
Once I Loved (O Amor en Paz) (Jobim / de Moraes / Gilbert)
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) (Jobim / Lees)
This Happy madness (Estrada Branca) (Jobim / Lees)
Triste (Jobim)
Song of the Sabia (Gimbel / Jobim)
Meditation (Meditacao) (Jobim / Mendonca / Gimbel)
Once Again (Outra Vez) (Jobim / Lees)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Quartet
Arranged and conducted by Rogier van Otterloo
Produced by Ruud Jacobs
Lp: Philips
* Cd release: Complete album on Mercury / Phonogram 842 627-2 released
1990 in the Netherlands
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* MEMORIES OF YOU
(1983) Phonogram
The Shadow of your Smile (Mandel / Webster)
Little White Lies (Donaldson)
Memories of You (Blake / Razaf)
Moonglow (Hudson / de Lange / Mills)
Little Girl Blue (Rodgers / Hart)
All The Way (Van Heusen / Cahn)
When I Fall In Love (Young / Heyman)
Pick Yourself Up (Kern / Fields)
Bewitched (Rodgers / Hart)
Early Autumn (Burns / Herman / Mercer)
Deep Purple (de Rose / Parish
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Trio - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Peter Ypma (Drums)
Ruud Jacobs (Bass) and Orchestra
Orchestra arranged and conducted by Lex Jasper
Produced by Ruud Jacobs
Recorded: All tracks recorded in London, England
Lp:Utopia/Phonogram 814 273-1
* Cd: Complete album on Utopia/Phonogram 814 273-2 released in Europe
Cd Re-issue: In 1996 Memories Of You on Spectrum 552 167-2 in the
Netherlands
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* HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
(1986) Polydor
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Martin / Blane)
Winter Wonderland (Bernard / Smith)
It's Christmas Time (Kerr)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Traditional)
The Christmas Waltz (Styne / Cahn)
The Bell That Couldn't Jingle (Kusik / Bacharach)
The Star Carol (Burt / Hutson)
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Styne / Cahn)
The Christmas Song (Torme / Wells)
The First Noel (Traditional)
Frosty The Snowman (Rollins / Nelson)
White Christmas (Berlin)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Trio - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Peter Ypma (Drums)
Ruud Jacobs (Bass) and Ack van Rooyen (Trumpet) Ruud Brink (Tenorsax)
Ary Jongman (Flute)
Martin de Ruiter (Hobo) Roel Koster (Horn) Ernö Olah (String section
concertmaster)
Arranged and conducted by Rogier van Otterloo
Produced by John J. Vis
Recorded: All tracks recorded Hilversum, the Netherlands
Lp: Polydor 831 254-1
Lp Special issue: Previously released as album 'Christmas Moods' given
as gift to clients of Zwitserleven
* Cd: Complete album on Polydor 831 254-2 released 1986 in Europe
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* TWO FOR TEA
(1987) Polydor
People Will Say We're In Love (Rodgers / Hammerstein)
It Might As Well Be Well Be Spring (Rodgers / Hammerstein)
The Way You Look Tonight (Kern / Fields)
Skylark (Carmichael / Kern)
You're The Cream in My Coffee (Brown / de Sylva / Henderson)
Tea For Two (Youmans / Caesar)
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Kern / Harbach)
When I Take My Sugar to Tea (Fain / Kahal / Norman)
You Brought Me Violets for My Furs (Dennis / Adair)
Dancing on the Ceiling (Rodgers / Hart)
Autumn in New York (Duke)
I Wished on the Moon (Rainger / Parker)
The Nearness of You (Carmichael / Washington)
Fallin' in Love With Love (Rodgers / Hart)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and Louis van Dijk (piano)
Lp: Polydor 833 893-1
* Cd: Complete album on Polydor 833 893-2 released 1987 in Europe
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* SWING AND SWEET
(1990) Blue Note International
I Thought About You (Mercer / van Heusen)
That's All (Brandt / Haymes)
I'm Old Fashioned (Kern / Mercer)
The Way You Look Tonight (Kern / Fields)
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) (David / Sherman / Ramirez)
Just in Time (Styne / Comden / Green)
Cheek to Cheek (Berlin)
My Romance (Rodgers / Hart)
Just One of Those Things (Porter)
Skylark (Mercer / Carmichael)
Just Friends (Klenner / Lewis)
So Many Stars (Mendes / Bergman / Bergman)
Do I Love You (Porter)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and the Pim Jacobs Quintet - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Ruud Jacobs (Bass)Wim Overgaauw (Guitar) Bernard Berkhout (Clarinet)
Peter Ypma (Drums) Frits Landsbergen (Vibes)
Produced by Ruud Jacobs
Arranged by Frits Landesbergen
* Cd release: Complete album 1990 on Blue Note International 7954432
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* EUROPE'S FIRST LADY OF JAZZ RITA REYS
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK - Volume 1
(1992) Masters Music
Disc One:
What A Difference A Day Makes (Grever / Adams)
Stars Fell On Alabama (Parrish / Perkins)
September in the Rain (Dubin / Warren)
You Must Believe in Spring (Legrand)
Can't We Be Friends (Swift / James)
Baubles, Bangles and Beads (Wright / Forrest)
The Folks Who Live on The Hill (Kern / Hammerstein)
They Say That Falling in Love is Wonderful (Berlin)
Body, Soul (Green / Heyman / Eyton)
Second Time Around (Cahn / van Heusen)
I Concentrate On You (Porter)
Gone With The Wind (Magidson / Wrubel)
Over The Rainbow (Arlen / Harburg)
There Will Never Be Another You (Warren / Gordon)
Thanks for The Memory (Robin / Rainger)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Trio - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Peter Ypma (Drums)
Ruud Jacobs (Bass)
Arranged and conducted by Pim Jacobs
* Cd release: Masters Music 3862012 / Disc one issued in 1992
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* EUROPE'S FIRST LADY OF JAZZ RITA REYS
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK - Volume 1
(1992) Masters Music
Disc Two:
I've Got You Under My Skin (Porter)
How Long Has This Been Going On (Gershwin / Gershwin)
I Could Have Danced All Night (Lerner / Lowe)
In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning (James / Elliott)
Like Someone in Love (Burke / van Heusen)
Waltz for Debby (Evans, Lees)
The Man I Love (Gershwins)
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Porter)
Moonlight in Vermont (Suessdorf / Blackburn)
Satin Doll (Ellington / Mercer)
Dindi (Jobim / Oliveira / Gilbert)
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (Bassman / Washington)
These Foolish Things (Marvell / Strachey / Link)
Old Devil Moon (Hamburg / Lane)
Soon It's Gonna Rain (Smith / Jones)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Trio - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Peter Ypma (Drums)
Ruud Jacobs (Bass)
Arranged and conducted by Pim Jacobs
* Cd release: Masters Music 3862012 / Disc two issued in 1992
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* EUROPE'S FIRST LADY OF JAZZ RITA REYS
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK - Volume 2
(1992) Masters Music
Disc One:
Stompin' at the Savoy (Goodman)
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (Adamson / McHugh)
Easy to Love (Porter)
Sing a Rainbow (Hamilton)
It Could Happen to You (Burke / van Heusen)
I'll Remember April (De Paul / Johnson)
I've Grown Accustomed To His Face (Lerner / Loewe)
The Song is You (Kern / Hammerstein)
You Go to My Head (Coots / Gillespie)
Star Eyes (DePaul / Raye)
Too Close for Comfort (Bock / Holofcener)
If I Should Lose You (Rainger / Robin)
That Old Feeling (Brown / Fain)
The Things We Did Last Summer (Cahn / Styne)
How Deep is the Ocean (Berlin)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Trio - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Peter Ypma (Drums)
Ruud Jacobs (Bass)
Arranged and conducted by Pim Jacobs
* Cd release: Masters Music 3862022 / Disc one issued in 1992
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* EUROPE'S FIRST LADY OF JAZZ RITA REYS
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK - Volume 2
(1992) Masters Music
Disc Two:
Teach Me Tonight (Cahn / DePaul)
The Days of Wine and Roses (Mercer / Mancini)
I Won't Dance (Kern / Hammerstein / Fields)
Try A Little Tenderness (Campbell / Connelly)
All the Things You Are (Kern / Hammerstein)
What'll I Do (Berlin)
Georgia on My Mind (Carmichael)
Come Dance with Me (Cahn / van Heusen)
Speak Low (Weill / Nash)
My Foolish Heart (Young, Washington)
The Touch of Your Lips (Noble)
Spring Will Be a Little Late this Year (Loesser)
Willow Weep for Me (Ronnell)
He's My Guy (DePaul / Raye)
God Bless the Child (Holiday / Herzog)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Trio - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Peter Ypma (Drums)
Ruud Jacobs (Bass)
Arranged and conducted by Pim Jacobs
* Cd release: Masters Music 3862022 / Disc Two issued in 1992
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* TENDERLY
(1992) Roman Disc
Tenderly (Ross / Lawrence)
It's Only A Papermoon (Arlen / Harburg)
He's Funny That Way (Moret / Whiting)
They Can't Take That Away From Me (Gershwin / Gershwin)
Mona Lisa (Livingstone / Evans)
You Took Advantage Of Me (Rogers / Hart)
Moon River (Mancini / Mercer)
Where Or When (Rogers / Hart)
I'll Be Seeing You (Fain / Kahal)
Thou Swell (Rogers / Hart)
Autumn Leaves (Kosma / Prevent / Mercer)
My Ship (Weill / Gershwin)
Lonesome Road (Shilkret / Austin)
Our Love Is Here To Stay (Gershwin / Gershwin)
I Could Write A Book (Rogers / Hart)
Two Sleepy People (Carmichael /Loesser)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Pim Jacobs Trio - Pim Jacobs (Piano)
Peter Ypma (Drums)
Ruud Jacobs (Bass)
Arranged and conducted by Pim Jacobs
* Cd release: Roman Disc 280711 issued in 1992
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* LOSS OF LOVE, RITA REYS Sings Henry Mancini
(1998) Quintessence Records
Days of Wine and Roses (Mancini / Mercer)
From Moment to Moment (Mancini / Mercer)
Moon River (Mancini / Mercer)
Two for the Road (Mancini / Bricusse)
Charade (Mancini /Mercer)
Loss of Love (Mancini / Merrill)
Too Little Time (Mancini / Raye)
Mr. Lucky (Mancini / Livingston / Evans)
Slow Hot Wind (Mancini / Gimbel)
We (Mancini / McKuen)
Dreamsville (Mancini / Livingston / Evans)
Dear Heart (Mancini / Livingston / Evans)
How Soon (Mancini / Stillman)
Whistling Away The Dark (Mancini /Mercer)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Radio- Philharmonie Hannover - Volker
Wortlitzsch (Concertmaster)
Lex Jasper (Piano) Martin Wind (Bass) Peter Ypma (Drums) Tony Lakatos
(Tenor sax)
Arranged and conducted by Lex Jasper
Produced by Ruud Jacobs
Recorded: NDR Studio Hannover, Germany
* Cd release: Quintessence QS 900 911-2 issued in 1998
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* ONCE UPON A SUMMERTIME
(1999) Koch Jazz
Soon (Gershwins)
I'll Be Seeing You (Fain / Kahal)
Falling In Love With Love (Rodgers / Hart)
Soon It's Gonna Rain (Jones / Schmidt)
The Way You Look Tonight (Kern / Fields)
Here's That Rainy Day (Van Heusen / Burke)
Skylark (Carmichael / Mercer)
Brian's Song (Hands of Time) (Legrand)
Violets for Your Furs (Adair / Dennis)
Make It Easy On Yourself (Bacharach / David)
Once Upon A Summertime (Legrand)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Netherlands Metropole Orchestra
Executive Producer Maarten Hartveldt
Arrangements by Lex Jasper, Rob Pronk, Rogier
van Otterloo, Jerry van Rooyen,and Henk Meutgeert
Conducted by Dolf van der Linden, Lex Jasper, Dick Bakker
Recorded: All tracks are from AVRO and NPS radio or television
performances between 1970 and 1998
* Cd Release: Koch Jazz 3-6919-2 issued in 1999
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* THE LADY STRIKES AGAIN
(1999) Quintessence Records
I'm Beginning To See The Light (Ellington / Hodges / George / James)
All Or Nothing At All (Altman / Lawrence)
Honeysuckle Rose (Waller / Razaf)
All Of You (Porter)
I've Got A Crush On You (Gershwin / Gershwin)
You Do Something To Me (Porter)
I'm Shadowing You (Mercer / Dearle)
Cry Me A River (Hamilton)
I Wish You Love (Trenet / Beach)
Get Out Of Town (Porter)
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (Maschwitz / Sherwin / Strachey)
Give Me The Simple Life (Ruby / Bloom)
You Turned The Tables On Me (Mitchell / Alter)
Never, Never Land (Styne / Comden /Green)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller / Razaf / Brooks)
People Will Say We're In Love (Duet with Mathilde Santing) (Rodgers /
Hammerstein)
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and Trio Cor Baker - Cor Bakker (Piano) Ruud
Jacobs (Bass)
Frits Landesbergen (Drums / Vibraphone) on tracks 2,5,6,9,11,13 and 16
with Mathilde Santing (Vocal) on track 16
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and Trio Lex Jasper - Lex Jasper (Piano) Marius
Beets (Bass)
Peter Ypma (Drums) on tracks 1,4,7,10,12 and 14
With Rita Reys (Vocal) and The Rosenberg Trio - Stochelo Rosenberg
(Lead
Guitar) Nous'che Rosenberg
(Rhythm Guitar) Nonnie Rosenberg (Bass) on tracks 3 and 15
With Rita Reys (Vocal) Stochelo Rosenberg (Guitar) and Ruud Jacobs
(Bass) on track 8
Produced by Imme Schade van Westrum
Supervised by Ruud Jacobs and Frits Landesbergen
Executive producer Otto Vriesenberg
* Cd release: QS 900.917-2 issued in 1999
