Ronald Snijders

Ronald Snijders is considerd to be the most swinging flutist in the Netherlands with extreme skills and creativity. He has released over twenty albums with innovative compositions of his own varying in style.RONALD SNIJDERS EXTENDED FUNK BAND. This is a sensational groovy and jazzy new cd performed by a very experienced and creative group of top-musicians.You may have seen this band at the NorthSeaJazz Festival. The recordings are from a concert at the BIM huis in Amsterdam. Later dubbed and edited by fluitist-componist Ronald Snijders. The band are Ronald Snijders on flute and vocals, trumpet, saxophone and trombone, three vocalists and an extensive rythm section: keyboards, guitar, bass, drums and, percussion. This band rocks!Flutist/ composer Ronald Snijders was born in 1951 in Surinam, South America and lived from 1970 on in the Netherlands. He won several prizes for his music. In 1990 he graduated as musicologist from the University of Amsterdam. In 2002 he received a royal award by the Dutch queen, for his outstanding contribution to the music in the Netherlands. Ronald Snijders toured succesfully solo as well as with his band in several countries in Afrika, South America and Europe. He recently played in South-Africa, Hungary, Lithuania and Fench Guyana.