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In 2007 Dutch guitarplayer Jan Wouter Oostenrijk (JWO) released "Maghreb Jazz guitar", an innovating crossover between jazz and music from Northafrica . They did a successful tour in Holland and performed at big international festivals in Morocco like Rabat, Casablanca and Marrakech. The Maghreb Jazz album got a radioindy "Golden Artist" award in the USA and their interpretation of famous jazz tune Caravan appeared on an EMI compilation, beside renomated artists as James Brown, George Duke and Natacha Atlas. With his work JWO became one of founders of Maghreb Jazz, a worldwide source of inspiration for new music! About JWO Virtuoso Dutch guitar player Jan Wouter Oostenrijk completed his professional Jazz guitar studies at the conservatory of Amsterdam in 1995

Album

Sharqi Blues

By Jan Wouter Oostenrijk

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Jan Wouter Oostenrijk

by Jan Wouter Oostenrijk
March 22, 2012

Meet Jan Wouter Oostenrijk: Virtuoso Dutch guitarist Jan Wouter Oostenrijk completed his professional jazz guitar studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam in 1995. He was part of successful Moroccan Rai formations. After this period he developed his own crossovers, where he combines North African music culture with his own roots. His music possesses energetic ...

News: Recording

"Sharqi Blues" Is All About Jazz And More

March 16, 2012

Europe is a source of new crossovers in jazz and world music. An inspiring example is the new album Sharqi Blues by Dutch guitarplayer Jan Wouter Oostenrijk (JWO), where energetic bellydance orientated rhythms melt with jazzy improvisations that move from Bebop phrases ...to screaming Blues and Rock ..to Oriental 'Maqam' like playing. On the album former ...