The Cool Voice of Rita Reys
1956 studio album by Rita Reys
The Cool Voice of Rita Reys 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
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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".[ 5]
Track listing
"It's All Right with Me " (Cole Porter ) – 2:37
"Gone with the Wind " (Allie Wrubel , Herb Magidson ) – 2:35
"My Funny Valentine " (Lorenz Hart , Richard Rodgers ) – 2:59
"But Not for Me " (George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin " – 2:09
"I Should Care " (Axel Stordahl , Paul Weston , Sammy Cahn ) – 2:38
"There Will Never Be Another You " (Harry Warren , Mack Gordon ) – 2:27
"I Cried for You " (Gus Arnheim , Arthur Freed , Abe Lyman ) – 3:30
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To " (Porter) – 3:36
"My One and Only Love " (Guy Wood , Robert Mellin ) – 4:14
"That Old Black Magic " (Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer ) – 2:56
"Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" (Frank Loesser ) – 3:41
"Taking a Chance on Love " (Vernon Duke , John La Touche , Ted Fetter ) – 2:34 Recorded at Phonogram Studios in Hilversum, Holland on January 17, 1955 (track 3), August 16, 1955 (tracks 5 & 6), and February 16, 1956 (tracks 1, 2 & 4), and in New York City on May 3, 1956 (tracks 7, 8, 10 & 12) and June 25, 1956 (tracks 9 & 11)
Personnel
Rita Reys – vocalsDonald Byrd (tracks 7–12), Ack Van Rooyen (tracks 1, 2 & 4), Gerard Van Rooyen (tracks 5 & 6) – trumpetDick Bezemer – trombone (track 3)
Hank Mobley (tracks 7, 8, 10 & 12), Ira Sullivan (tracks 9 & 11), Toon Van Vliet (track 3, 5 & 6) – tenor saxophone Herman Schoonderwalt – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Kenny Drew (tracks 9 & 11), Rob Madna (tracks 1, 2 & 4–6), Horace Silver (tracks 7, 8, 10 & 12), Gerard Van Rooyen (track 3) – pianoChris Bender (track 3), Dick Bezemer (tracks 1, 2 & 4–6), Wilbur Ware (tracks 9 & 11), Doug Watkins (tracks 7, 8, 10 & 12) – bass
Art Blakey (tracks 7–12), Wessel Ilcken (tracks 1–6) – drums
References
Studio Live Compilation Soundtrack Art Blakey Related
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release .
As WithPepper WithThe Jazz WithGigi WithJackie WithHank With
Discoveries Presenting Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley , 1955)Jammin' with Gene Gene Ammons , 1956)All Night Long Kenny Burrell , 1956)All Day Long 2 Guitars Jimmy Raney , 1957)Whims of Chambers Paul Chambers , 1956)Paul Chambers Quintet Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark , 1957)My Conception Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke , 1955)Lush Life John Coltrane , 1957–58)The Believer The Last Trane Black Pearls Davis Cup Walter Davis Jr. , 1959)Wailing With Lou Lou Donaldson , 1957)Lou Takes Off This Is New Kenny Drew , 1957)All Mornin' Long Red Garland , 1957)Soul Junction High Pressure One Flight Up Dexter Gordon , 1964)Ladybird Snap Your Fingers Al Grey , 1962)Johnny Griffin Sextet Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 Guru , 1993)Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality My Point of View Herbie Hancock , 1993)Tone Tantrum Swamp Seed Jimmy Heath , 1963)Informal Jazz Elmo Hope , 1956)African High Life Solomon Ilori , 1963)Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 Ahmad Jamal , 1994 or 1995)Quartet-Quintet Hank Jones , 1955)Bluebird TV Action Jazz! Mundell Lowe , 1959)The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall Goin' Out of My Head Wes Montgomery , 1965)Hush! Duke Pearson , 1962)Wahoo! Another One Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955)Winner's Circle Oscar Pettiford , et al, 1957)Blues in Trinity Dizzy Reece , 1958)The Cool Voice of Rita Reys Dimensions & Extensions Sam Rivers , 1967)Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 Don't Stop the Carnival Sonny Rollins , 1978)Silver's Blue Horace Silver , 1956)6 Pieces of Silver A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two Taylor's Wailers Art Taylor , 1957)Soul Sauce Cal Tjader , 1964)A Bluish Bag Stanley Turrentine , 1967)Top Brass Ernie Wilkins , 1955)Pairing Off Phil Woods , 1956)
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release, except for the compilation section
As leader With
At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 Art Blakey /The Jazz Messengers , 1955)At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2 The Jazz Messengers Originally At the Jazz Corner of the World All Night Long Kenny Burrell , 1956)K.B. Blues Byrd's Eye View Donald Byrd , 1955)Byrd in Flight A New Perspective Mustang! Blackjack Dial "S" for Sonny Sonny Clark , 1957)My Conception Someday My Prince Will Come Miles Davis , 1961)In Person Friday and Saturday Nights Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall Afro-Cuban Kenny Dorham , 1955)Whistle Stop This Is New Kenny Drew , 1957)Undercurrent Farmer's Market Art Farmer , 1956)The Opener Curtis Fuller , 1957)Sliding Easy Afro Dizzy Gillespie , 1954)Dizzy and Strings Jazz Recital I Want to Hold Your Hand Grant Green , 1965)A Blowin' Session Johnny Griffin , 1957)My Point of View Herbie Hancock , 1963)Informal Jazz Elmo Hope , 1956)Goin' Up Freddie Hubbard , 1960)Blue Spirits The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 Together! Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones , 1961)Midnight Walk I Wanna Talk About You Tete Montoliu , 1980)Introducing Lee Morgan Lee Morgan Sextet Cornbread Lee Morgan , 1965)Charisma The Rajah Tenor Conclave Star Bright Dizzy Reece , 1959)The Cool Voice of Rita Reys Good Move! Freddie Roach 1963)The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley Max Roach + 4 The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker MAX Max Roach , 1958)Yasmina, a Black Woman Archie Shepp , 1969)Poem for Malcolm Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers Silver's Blue Horace Silver , 1956)6 Pieces of Silver The Stylings of Silver A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two Julius Watkins Sextet Compilations Related articles
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release .
Blue Albums Art /The With
Introducing Nat Adderley Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver Dee Dee Bridgewater , 1994)Byrd's Eye View Donald Byrd , 1955)Whims of Chambers Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke , 1955)Al Cohn's Tones Al Cohn , 1950)Miles Davis, Volume 3 Miles Davis Quartet Blue Haze Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis All-Star Sextet Walkin' Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins Bags' Groove Quartet/Quintet/Sextet Lou Donaldson , 1952)Afro-Cuban Kenny Dorham , 1955)The Art Farmer Septet When Farmer Met Gryce Gigi Gryce , 1955)The Complete Roost Recordings Stan Getz , 1950–51)Nica's Tempo Disorder at the Border Coleman Hawkins , 1952)Milt Jackson Quartet Plenty, Plenty Soul Milt Jackson , 1957)The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 J.J. Johnson , 1955)Blowing in from Chicago Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore , 1957)Hank Mobley Quartet Hank Mobley Sextet Hank Mobley and His All Stars Hank Mobley Quintet J. R. Monterose Lee Morgan Indeed! Lee Morgan Sextet Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 Clark Terry Selected
