Rita Reys Cool Voice 1956 LP Jazz messengers Art Blakey
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The Cool Voice of Rita Reys-LP
Columbia CL 903-mono 1956 33 1/3 RPM first press LP release by Jazz vocalist, Rita Reys. Reys a Dutch-born vocalist known as "Europe's First Lady of Jazz", was already well-known on the continent when she was discovered by American producer, George Avakian. Avakian brought her to the States for some gigs and this album, which features his enthusiastic liner notes. Side one of the record has backing by Rita's husband's band, the Wes Ilcken Combo, a 5 piece band with trumpet, sax, piano, bass, drums. The real treat of the album, however, is that the accompaniment on side 2 is by the ORIGINAL Jazz Messengers with their very first-and undoubtedly greatest lineup: Donald Byrd/trumpet, Hank Mobley/tenor saz, Horace Silver/piano, Doug Watkins/bass, and-of course-Art Blakey/drums! The Messengers apparently enjoyed playing with Rita so much that a number of live gigs were booked. Reys' vocal style is cool and amazingly assured-comparable to American vocalists like Chris Connor and June Christy, but with the added spice of her Dutch accent in the mix. This LP, due to the presence of the Jazz Messengers, is a major collectible with a high book value.
The record and sleeve are in excellent+ condition. Amazing for it's age! Usually this record is in trashed condition because of the basic type of record players that were around when this vintage jazz LP was released. Not this one!
Track listing:
A1 It's All Right With Me
A2 Gone With The Wind
A3 My Funny Valentine
A4 But Not For Me
A5 I Should Care
A6 There Will Never Be Another You
B1 I Cried For You
B2 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home With Me
B3 My One And Only Love
B4 That Old Black Magic
B5 Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
B6 Taking A Chance On Love
NOTE! Postage indicated in the auction is not the actual postage as ebay doesn't allow a higher postage then 4 GBP in this category. Postage for this item is 8 GBP within Europe and 15 GBP for the rest of the world. This is up to 2kg, so you can add up to 5 more LP's for the same postage.
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