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Ronald Snijders

Ronald Snijders was born in Paramaribo as son of Surinamese composer Eddy Snijders and Olga Ooft.[1] He began learning the flute at the age of seven years. Later he also played guitar, piano, percussion and saxophone. In 1970, he moved to the Netherlands to study engineering at the Delft University of Technology. Then he stayed in Europe to work as a musician, he first played for Willem Breuker, whose collective deep he served until 1977. In 1973, he won the NOS Jazz Concours in Laren. Since 1977, he has focused on working with his own band, with which he also appeared at the North Sea Jazz Festival, as in many European countries, but also in Western and Southern Africa, the Caribbean and North America. In his compositions he often draws on Kaseko, a musical genre of his homeland, but also to elements of pop and world music. With Kaseko he worked intensively during his musicological studies, which he completed from 1986 to 1991 at the University of Amsterdam. On his albums he played alongside ethno-jazz also children's songs and the compositions of his father. He has also performed with the Metropole Orchestra.


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Ronald Snijders: Penta

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The son of renowned bandleader Eddy Snijders, Dutch-Surinamese multi-instrumentalist Ronald Snijders is best known as a flautist and for the four albums he released between 1977 and 1983 on his own label, Black Straight Music. An original copy of his debut, Natural Sources (1977), is considered a holy grail among collectors of 70s jazz fusion. Born in 1951 in Paramaribo, Suriname, on the northwest coast of South America, Snijders began learning to play the flute at age seven ...

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Ronald Snijders, Fela Kuti & Afrika 70, Tito Puente, Marshall Allen, Butcher Brown, & More

Read "Ronald Snijders, Fela Kuti & Afrika 70, Tito Puente, Marshall Allen, Butcher Brown, & More" reviewed by Tony Poole


One hour of the latest cutting-edge worldwide jazz sounds. Join Tony Poole as he explores the newest and freshest global jazz grooves, showcasing all-new releases and enticing rhythms that redefine the genre. Playlist Georgia Cécile “Communion" single (Mahagony Songs) Claire Cope Ensemble C “Flight" from Every Journey (Adhyâropa Records) Bill O'Connell “Maiden Voyage" from Touch (Jojo Records) Ronald Snijders “Fusionize" from Penta (Night Dreamer) B.H.A.M. “M.O.V.E." single (Jelly Cleaver) Fela Kuti And The Afrika 70 “Shuffering & Shmiling ...

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Ronald Snijders, Ballake Sissoko, Nicole Mitchell, Michael Sarian

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Enjoy a playlist blending jazz and the musical traditions of Mali, Suriname, Cuba and Argentina. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 A Plane to Catch “Bamako Convention Center" Soul Piece (April) 0:16 Host talks 4:58 Ballake Sissoko, Nicole Mitchell “Spicy Jambalaya" Bamako*Chicago Sound System (FPE) 6:37 Host talks 14:02 Ronald Snijders “Maseko" Penta (Night Dreamer) 16:22 Dafnis Prieto “Funky Humanoid" 3 Sides of the Coin (Outside In ...

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Penta

Night Dreamer
2025

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A Safe Return

Everland Music
2018

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Funky Flute

RN Discs
1985

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Quartz

RN Discs
1983

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