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The first track ‘Liberator’ is a piece of funk jazz, the second track ‘Easy Man' is mainly fusion jazz, while ‘Bakadyari’ (Backyard) is a combination of salsa, kaseko, fusion and funk. The closing track ‘Woman On The Moon' features funk and Latin. My solo here is played on alto flute, and again Glenn Gaddum Sr. plays some great Fender Rhodes and grand piano. He played all keyboards (Piano, Hohner clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Moog and Roland synthesizers) on this album, while I added the vocoder, vocals and percussion. The strong bottom side of this funky album was made by Eddy Veldman (drums) and Ivor Mitchell (bass), who played together for a long time with Glenn Gaddum Sr. in their wonderful group Solat. 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The final track ‘Mi Gron’ (my native ground, Suriname), is slow kaseko-jazz. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Ronald Snijders, 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2TxcHb5CGdWfRKNXBtdwZx?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48716532613385,"sku":"DD018","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/1159\/2713\/files\/Ronald_Snijders_Quartz.jpg?v=1732009110"},{"product_id":"ronald-snijders-reissued","title":"Ronald Snijders Box Set | £200.00","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncludes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- 5xLPs (Penta, Natural Sources, A Safe Return, Black Straight Music, Quartz)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Ronald Snijders mixtape and Penta cassette\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Certificate signed by Ronald Snijders\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- 44\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-page Limited Edition Photobook. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e   Photography by Londonmancer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNumbered and limited to 100 copies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll reissues transferred and remastered using the original master tapes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDutch-Surinamese multi-instrumentalist and a jazz heavyweight who draws Latin, Brazilian and Surinamese influences into dialogue with the electric sound of Weather Report, Ronald Snijders released four albums between 1977 and 1983 that have become holy grails of deep, forward-thinking fusion. Over forty years, 50 releases and 5,000 compositions later, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePenta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e represents a statement return from an unsung jazz great ready to pick up his dues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Suriname and son of renowned composer and orchestra leader Eddy Snijders, Ronald Snijders made his name in the Netherlands -  his 1977 debut album\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Natural Sources\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a remarkable and radical feat of self-determination. 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Embracing the Sun Ra’s sonic world-building and paying homage to Arkestra vocalist June Tyson throughout, Jimetta has added her powerful, female voice to the Afro-futurist tradition, stitching together a jazz and gospel-tinted narrative of resistance and escape, convinced in the unifying power of music, love and faith to transcend darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a project that evolved naturally from Jimetta’s love for Sun Ra into a sci-fi epic in its own right. Writing lyrics for ‘Somebody Else’s Idea’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘I’ll Wait For You’, ‘Springtime Again’ and a fierce, prescient reworking of ‘Nuclear War’, she developed a suite of interpretations from which a whole new myth emerged.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The story of MettaSun is that life on planet Earth is full of despair, chaos, war, destruction, and death, and the people are tired,” she explains of the album’s narrative, which is knitted together in a series of short skits. “They don't believe in their leaders, they don't believe in much — but music can continue to unite them. 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In that sense, MettaSun is not just a world built for dreaming, but for the endurance of everyday reality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBecause Jimetta has been on her own journey to get here. MettaSun follows the releases of Things Are Getting Better (2024) and How Good It Is (2022) and marks a new chapter for the sound that Jimetta has been developing alongside her choir and a string of high profile collaborations that has seen her work with the likes of Noname, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Shafiq Husayn and Saul Williams in recent years. That MettaSun so adeptly refreshes the legacy of one of jazz music’s great innovators is a testament to the confidence with which Jimetta is able to navigate seamlessly between styles and influences.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I'm so grateful to Sun Ra for inspiring me in such a way to try to inspire others — to continue these ripples of inspiration,” she says. “I really hope that diehard Sun Ra fans and people who don't know who he is at all can appreciate it.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDescribed by Jimeta as her most complete solo project to date, MettaSun is both a tribute to Sun Ra and Arkestra vocalist June Tyson and a launch pad for her own astral sound, all set to lift off into expansive new realms. 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