Rita Payés | |
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![]() Rita Payés at Cartagena (2022) | |
Background information | |
Born | 1999 Vilassar de Mar, Spain |
Genres | Jazz, bossa nova |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, trombone, guitar, keyboard |
Website | Official site |
Rita Payés Roma (born 1999) [1] is a Spanish jazz and bossa nova trombonist, singer and songwriter. [2]
Payés was born in Vilassar de Mar to a musical family with her mother, Elisabeth Roma, a classical guitarist and her father and brother trumpeters. [3] She graduated in jazz trombone at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. [4]
At the age of thirteen Payés joined the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, directed by Joan Chamorro where she began singing alongside Andrea Motis, Magalí Datzira, Alba Armengou and Eva Fernandez. [5] At fifteen, she released her first album. [6]
In September 2017, Payés, joined by the Motis Chamorro Quintet, played at the 17th Tanjazz festival in Tangier, Morocco. [7] [8]
In 2019, Payés released Imagina, in collaboration with her mother. [5] The two went on tour to promote the album in Europe. [9] [10] In alliance with Italian pianist Massimo Faraò , Payés in 2019 recorded two albums in New York: My Ideal starring Scott Hamilton, and In New York. [11] [12]
On 16 April 2021, Payés released her album Como la piel in another cooperation with her mother, Roma, her partner, Pol Batlle, and with her brothers Eudald and Pere. [13] The album made NPR Music's best Latin album in 2021. [14] The track Nunca vas a comprender, an original composition, was an NPR Music's staff pick who described her voice as "angelic". [15] Two months later, she was given the 2021 Alícia prize for emerging talent, awarded by the Acadèmia Catalana de la Música. [16]
In June 2021, Payes and Roma presented their repertoire at JazzBaltica in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, in a concert which impressed critic Angela Ballhorn through their simple and touching play. [17] During that summer, they also had a concert at the "INNtöne Jazzfestival" in the Innviertel, Austria, which was later aired by the Austrian radio station Ö1. [18]
In July 2022, Payés and her band played at Jazzclub Trier. The newspaper Volksfreund, titling "Heartache can be so fine", called her voice "phantastic", between ingratiation, aggression and infinite sadness. [19] In August, Payés met WDR Big Band for two concerts titled The Spanish Trombone in Cologne. [20] [21] At ColorsxStudios in Berlin, Germany, Payés and Batlle recorded their new single "Vida" within the scope of A Colors Show. [22] In November, 2022, Payés performed with her group in Studio Foce, Lugano, Switzerland, [23] and had a concert at the 22nd festival Rigas Ritmi in Riga, Latvia, [24] before which they played at the concert hall Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium. In his concert report, Didier Deroissart described their repertoire as a mix of jazz, bossa nova and lounge music with some Americana. [25]
At the 36th Goya Awards ceremony in Valencia 2022, Payés performed Te venero with C. Tangana in a live TV broadcast by Radiotelevisión Española. About her performance Madrid's El Independiente wrote that her deep voice outshone "the famous presence of C. Tangana". [6] [26]
In December 2021, Payés announced that she had given birth to a girl. [27]
Rita Payés | |
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![]() Rita Payés at Cartagena (2022) | |
Background information | |
Born | 1999 Vilassar de Mar, Spain |
Genres | Jazz, bossa nova |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, trombone, guitar, keyboard |
Website | Official site |
Rita Payés Roma (born 1999) [1] is a Spanish jazz and bossa nova trombonist, singer and songwriter. [2]
Payés was born in Vilassar de Mar to a musical family with her mother, Elisabeth Roma, a classical guitarist and her father and brother trumpeters. [3] She graduated in jazz trombone at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya. [4]
At the age of thirteen Payés joined the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, directed by Joan Chamorro where she began singing alongside Andrea Motis, Magalí Datzira, Alba Armengou and Eva Fernandez. [5] At fifteen, she released her first album. [6]
In September 2017, Payés, joined by the Motis Chamorro Quintet, played at the 17th Tanjazz festival in Tangier, Morocco. [7] [8]
In 2019, Payés released Imagina, in collaboration with her mother. [5] The two went on tour to promote the album in Europe. [9] [10] In alliance with Italian pianist Massimo Faraò , Payés in 2019 recorded two albums in New York: My Ideal starring Scott Hamilton, and In New York. [11] [12]
On 16 April 2021, Payés released her album Como la piel in another cooperation with her mother, Roma, her partner, Pol Batlle, and with her brothers Eudald and Pere. [13] The album made NPR Music's best Latin album in 2021. [14] The track Nunca vas a comprender, an original composition, was an NPR Music's staff pick who described her voice as "angelic". [15] Two months later, she was given the 2021 Alícia prize for emerging talent, awarded by the Acadèmia Catalana de la Música. [16]
In June 2021, Payes and Roma presented their repertoire at JazzBaltica in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, in a concert which impressed critic Angela Ballhorn through their simple and touching play. [17] During that summer, they also had a concert at the "INNtöne Jazzfestival" in the Innviertel, Austria, which was later aired by the Austrian radio station Ö1. [18]
In July 2022, Payés and her band played at Jazzclub Trier. The newspaper Volksfreund, titling "Heartache can be so fine", called her voice "phantastic", between ingratiation, aggression and infinite sadness. [19] In August, Payés met WDR Big Band for two concerts titled The Spanish Trombone in Cologne. [20] [21] At ColorsxStudios in Berlin, Germany, Payés and Batlle recorded their new single "Vida" within the scope of A Colors Show. [22] In November, 2022, Payés performed with her group in Studio Foce, Lugano, Switzerland, [23] and had a concert at the 22nd festival Rigas Ritmi in Riga, Latvia, [24] before which they played at the concert hall Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium. In his concert report, Didier Deroissart described their repertoire as a mix of jazz, bossa nova and lounge music with some Americana. [25]
At the 36th Goya Awards ceremony in Valencia 2022, Payés performed Te venero with C. Tangana in a live TV broadcast by Radiotelevisión Española. About her performance Madrid's El Independiente wrote that her deep voice outshone "the famous presence of C. Tangana". [6] [26]
In December 2021, Payés announced that she had given birth to a girl. [27]