News from Ronald Snijders


A VERY EXCITING AND SUCCESFUL SHOW AT NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2007

On Sunday 15 Juli Ronald Snijders gave a fabulous show with his Extended Funk band. During the whole concert the Congo-stage at the North Sea Jazz festival was packed with a thousand wild enthousiastic music-lovers. In this new program FUNK is the focus, FUNK and RARE GROOVE: obscure jazz/ funk from the early days and nowadays funk with new compositions. Besides American influences you will hear some African, Caribbean and Brazilian grooves. Of course there is a lot of opportunity for improvisation. Later this year we'll have the release of a live CD of this project.

Listen to some of the North Sea Jazz gig
To get an impression of this really exciting and beautiful gig see website of Dutch radio 6/ NPS: live at North Sea Jazz 15 July

Rare Groove
Since the 1977 LP Natural Sources until now flutist/ composer Ronald Snijders released his 20 albums on his own label. Especially the first five pretty funky vinylalbums became to be collector’s items. They were mainly in Engeland labeled as so called ‘rare groove’ items, and Snijders himself as rare groove phenomenon.

Listen to some of the rare-groove/ funky songs: songs on myspace

North Sea Jazz 2007
The premiere of this years funk-project will be at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2007 on 15 July. Next he will be playing on several locations in the Netherlands.

Live recordings en CD
Dutch national radio (NPS Radio 6) will record some of the concerts, to be used for an extensive radio-documentairy of this project. Moreover these recordings will be used for a live-CD release.

Listen to this solo! Ronald solo in Durban

RONALD SNIJDERS EXTENDED FUNK BAND 2007

Line up (subject to change): flute - Ronald Snijders drums - Walther Muringen bass – Lesley Joseph percussion - Giovanni Essed guitar - Robby Alberga keyboards/ piano – Glenn Gaddum trumpet - Joe Rivera saxophone - Margreet Busstra trombone - Kees Adolfsen vocals – Pamela Pinas vocals - Satcha Valies vocals - Cosmea Panka