North Sea Jazz, The Hague, The Netherlands. The world-renowned North Sea Jazz Festival features a wide variety of genres, including traditional New Orleans jazz, swing, bop, free jazz, fusion, avant-garde and electronic jazz, blues, gospel, funk, soul, R&B, hip hop, world beat and Latin. The festival was founded by entrepreneur and jazz fan Paul Acket, who sold his highly successful pop magazine publishing house to organize and fund the first edition of the festival in 1976. This broadcast from the North Sea Jazz Archives presents âEurope's First Lady of Songâ, popular Dutch jazz vocalist Rita Reys, accompanied by husband Pim Jacobsâs trio in a classic 1982 performance.