QUOTES
QUOTES
“Rita Reys: still the best timing” - NRC Handelsblad
“Rita Reys is for over half a century now with no doubt the greatest jazz singer our country has brought forth” - Jury Edison Oeuvre Award
“Long Live Rita Reys!” - Jan Mulder on TV show De Wereld Draait Door
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RITA REYS & TRIO PETER BEETS
DATE: Saturday 6 July 2013
LOCATION: North Sea Jazz Club, Amsterdam
TICKETS: www.northseajazzclub.com
RITA REYS & QUARTET PETER BEETS
DATE: Sunday 1 September
LOCATION: Paradiso Amsterdam
TICKETS: www.ticketservice.nl
RITA REYS & PETER BEETS TRIO
DATE: Saturday 7 September 2013
LOCATION: Lantaren Venster, Rotterdam
TICKETS: www.lantarenvenster.nl
RITA REYS & TRIO PETER BEETS FT. FERDINAND POVEL
DATE: Autumn 2013
LOCATION: Dorpskerk Aartswoud
TICKETS: www.jazzkerkaartswoud.nl
RITA REYS & TRIO PETER BEETS
DATE: Sunday 10 November 2013
LOCATION: Jazz Podium Goirle
TICKETS: www.jazzpodiumgoirle.nl
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Personal message from Rita
10 October 2012
Dear everyone,
I want to thank all of you for your good wishes on the occasion of my birthday. It was heart-warming to receive so many kind words from you. I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas, and a healthy, successful New Year!
Love, Rita Reys
Rita Reys at Paradiso Amsterdam
10 October 2012
Great news: On Sunday 12 May next year Rita Reys will make her début at Paradiso Amsterdam. Paradiso is best known for its pop concerts; during its long history artists like Tina Turner, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and Joss Stone performed there. During the concert Rita will perform her personal favorites from the Great American Songbook, and new repertoire as well. She'll be accompanied by the Peter Beets Quartet. Tickets can be ordered from next Saturday via www.ticketservice.nl. We hope to see you at Paradiso next year, and celebrate this special evening with us!
Rita Reys to perform at the North Sea Jazz Festival
9 February 2012
On Friday 6 July Rita Reys will give her 20th performance during the North Sea Jazz Festival, Holland’s biggest yearly jazz event. She will be accompanied by the Peter Beets Trio, with Beets on piano, Ruud Jacobs on bass and Joost Patocka on drums. Other artists to play at this year’s edition are Tony Bennett, Van Morrison, Wayne Shorter and Pat Metheny. For tickets visit www.northseajazz.com.
Rita Reys & Metropole Orchestra on Nederland 2
9 February 2012
Tomorrow Omroep Max will broadcast the second part of the Rogier van Otterloo tribute concert that was recorded last year with the Metropole Orchestra at Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn. Rita performed a beautiful Burt Bacharach classic, which she recorded with Van Otterloo in 1972 for her Bacharach Songbook album: One Less Bell to Answer. The program starts at 5:35 PM on Nederland 2.
Rita Reys receives Royal decoration
21 November 2011
Last Monday Rita Reys was decorated as Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion (Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw), on occasion of her 70 years stage jubilee this year, and because of her unique contribution to the Dutch music industry. The event took place in Rotterdam, where Rita was born and raised, on the SS Rotterdam (a cruise ship that once sailed the Holland-America Line). After the decoration she was interviewed by NOS TV news, Show News a.o., and performed with her trio.
Rita Reys appears on the cover of LINDA magazine
10 October 2011
Rita Reys and seven other Dutch ‘grandes dames’ will appear on the cover of November’s edition of LINDA magazine, together with Linda de Mol. Inside you’ll find interviews and individual portraits with each of them. The photo’s were made by Erwin Olaf. The other ladies are Mies Bouwman, Neelie Kroes, Ellen Vogel, Adele Bloemendaal, Joan Haanappel, Alexandra Radius and Liesbeth List.
Rita Reys on De Wereld Draait Door
13 September 2011
Rita Reys made her appearance tonight on Dutch national TV show De Wereld Draait Door. Accompanied by only Marius Beets on bass she sang “How Deep Is The Ocean”, a well known classic from the Great American Songbook.
Update YouTube channel
21 december 2010
Rita Reys’s YouTube channel has recently been updated. A couple of nice videos have been added, for example of her wonderful renditions of Billie Holiday’s Don’t Explain and Irving Berlin’s Russian Lullaby, and a video of the presentation of the Edison Oeuvre Award to Rita, at the Royal Carré Theatre. Another special one is Rita Reys’s and Toots Thielemans’s performance of Barbie Girl, the Aqua hit from 1998 that they turned into a sort of jazz song on occasion of the 75 years celebration of the Dutch broadcasting company AVRO.
Visit the YouTube channel here.
Rita Reys on TV show Tijd voor Max
21 december 2010
Last thuesday, 16 December appeared on public TV show Tijd voor Max (Nederland 2). With hosts Martine van Os en Sybrand Niessen she spoke about her life and career in the music business. As a surprise for her birthday, a couple of days later, Dutch singer and actor Edwin Rutten, a life-long fan of Rita, sang her a song and gave her a big bouquet of red roses. Accompanied by Peter Beets, Ruud Jacobs, Martijn van Iterson and Gijs Dijkhuizen she performed the title song of her new album, Young at Heart, and the holiday tune Let It Snow.
Click here to watch the show.
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