Rita Payés

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Payés and the second or maternal family name is Roma; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Rita Payés
Rita Payés at Cartagena (2022)
Rita Payés at Cartagena (2022)
Background information
Born1999
Vilassar de Mar, Spain
GenresJazz, bossa nova
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Vocals, trombone, guitar, keyboard
WebsiteOfficial site

Rita Payés Roma (born 1999)[1] is a Spanish jazz and bossa nova trombonist, singer and songwriter.[2]

Early life

Payés was born in Vilassar de Mar to a musical family. Her mother, Elisabeth Roma, is a classical guitarist, and her father and brother are trumpeters.[3] She graduated in jazz trombone at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya.[4]

Career

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 [de], 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]

Payés with Elisabeth Roma, Horacio Fumero [ca] (left) and Nicolas Correa (right) at the INNtöne Jazzfestival (2021)

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] Her third studio album, De camino al camino, was released worldwide on 12 July 2024.[27]

Personal life

In December 2021, Payés announced that she had given birth to a girl.[28] Her husband and frequent collaborator is Spanish musician, Pol Batlle, with whom she shares two daughters. Their second child, another girl, was born in May 2024.[29] She lives in Northern Spain, outside of Barcelona.[30]

Discography

  • Joan Chamorro presenta La Màgica de la Veu (Jazz to Jazz, 2014)
  • Joan Chamorro presenta Rita Payés (Jazz to Jazz, 2015)
  • Lua amarela (Jazz to Jazz, 2016)
  • Imagina (with Elisabeth Roma, 2019)[5]
  • My Ideal (Venus, 2019)
  • In New York (Venus, 2019)
  • Como la piel (with Elisabeth Roma, 2021)
  • De camino al camino (2024)

Collaborations

  • 2021 – La gent que estimo (with Oques Grasses)

References

  1. ^ "Rita Payés Roma". Rita Payés's official website. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  2. ^ Nazione, La (3 July 2022). "Villa Medicea: Rita Payés, la voce che incanta – Cronaca – lanazione.it". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. ^ Rosado, Benjamín G. (9 December 2022). "La vida en tromba de Rita Payés". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ^ Gómez Ruiz, Lara (16 February 2022). "La Esmuc, una fábrica de talentos que aterriza en los Goya" [Esmuc, a talent factory that lands at the Goyas]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "L'emoció familiar de Rita Payés i Elisabeth Roma" [The familial feeling of Rita Payés and Elisabeth Roma]. Enderrock (in Catalan). 2 May 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b Menéndez, Marta. "Rita Payés, de trombonista en una Jazz Band an eclipsar a C. Tangana" [Rita Payés, from trombonist in a Jazz Band to eclipse C. Tangana] (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  7. ^ Tanjazz 2017 announcement and cast list for Rita Payès (in French)
  8. ^ Misk, Fedwa (20 September 2017). "Tanjazz dévoile les nouvelles voix du jazz" (in French). La Vie Éco (Casablanca). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Much more than jazz at the London Catalan Festival". Institut Ramon Llull. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Set grups catalans i balears actuaran al cicle "Catalan Sounds" de Budapest" (in Catalan). Institut Ramon Llull. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  11. ^ "My Ideal (Venus Records VHCD-1253)". venusrecord.com. 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  12. ^ "In New York (Venus Records VHCD-1268)". venusrecord.com. 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  13. ^ López Palacios, Iñigo (14 May 2022). "Rita Payés: "Me dicen que soy un poco vieja"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  14. ^ NPR staff (13 December 2021). "The Best Latin Music of 2021". NPR Music. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  15. ^ Sayre, Anamaria (3 May 2021). "The Best Music Of April: NPR Staff Picks". NPR. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Proclamació dels Premis Alícia 2021" (in Catalan). L'Acadèmia Catalana de la Música. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  17. ^ Ballhorn, Angela (2021). "Jazzbaltica [2021]". Jazzthetik (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Junges Talent aus Barcelona: Rita Payés Roma". ORF (in German). 22 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  19. ^ "So schön kann Liebeskummer sein". volksfreund.de (in German). 22 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Konzert The Spanish Trombone mit der WDR Big Band" (in German). WDR. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  21. ^ Rita Payés & WDR BIG BAND – Nunca vas a comprender on YouTube. September, 2022.
  22. ^ "Rita Payés, juventud en géneros añejos" (in Spanish). revista revista. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  23. ^ Onorato, Silvia (22 September 2022). ""La casa, un luogo perfetto per la musica jazz"" (in Italian). Lugano Eventi. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  24. ^ "The program of the Rīgas Ritmi Festival 2022 has been announced". rigasritmi.lv. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  25. ^ Deroissart, Didier. "Un concert à épingler… avec un trombone…" [A concert to pin down… with a trombone…]. musiczine.net (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  26. ^ Blanco, Leticia (13 February 2022). "C. Tangana and Rita Payés performing at los Goyas 2022" (picture) (in Spanish). El Mundo (Spain). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  27. ^ "Rita Payés: La Joven Artista de Melodías Viejas que Triunfa Internacionalmente - Cineytele Play". cineytele.com (in Spanish). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  28. ^ "Pues a mí este año me ha traído este piesito lindo" (in Spanish). Instagram. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  29. ^ Megía, Carlos (8 September 2024). "Rita Payés: "Tener un hijo es un buen filtro para ver qué gente se queda a tu lado"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  30. ^ "Rita Payés: Tiny Desk Concert". KNKX Public Radio. 5 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.