World Music NL

Dutch Jazz-World 1999 cover
World Music NL! is a series of broadcasts on the variety of music genres within the comprehensive range of world music that is being made in the Netherlands.  
Since the eighties world music has been the collective term for folk music (also traditional music), non-western classical music, non-western pop music and the blends thereof.
In the Netherlands there have been built up some unique collections with recordings from non-western and multicultural music of Dutch origin. They are owned by several semi-public institutions, associations and individuals. Over the years music organizations have made a number of compilation CDs that were not intended for trade. 
In this episode disc 2 of the double compilation CD Dutch Jazz/World 99, a promotional album for foreign radio stations, compiled in 1999 by the Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, in cooperation with Conamus and the Nederlands Pop Instituut (NPI). 

Cubop City Big Band
Cubop City Big Band is a successful international salsa big band consisting of twenty musicians. Founder and driving force behind the band is fusion drummer Lucas van Merwijk. The Dutch band plays jazz, latin and son and gives concerts all over the world.
O Septeto
Afro-Brasilian rhythms form the basis of the music of the band O Septeto, founded by Jan Dumée (guitar, composition). Seven renown jazz & fusion musicians and singer Sônia Genu, play their own composities based on styles like maracatú, frevo, baião and aluja. 
Banabila/Saka
Cooperation between Rotterdam-based composer, sound artist and producer Michel Banabila and the Turkish multi-instrumentalist Yasar Saka. 
Byzantium
Ambient world music from Rotterdam by Hanyo van Oosterom (composer, percussion, bass guitar, keyboards, electronics producer, flute, guitar) and Michel Banabila (composer and electronics producer) 
Chris Hinze
One of the Dutch’s most successful musicians, active in jazz, pop, reggae and new age. Hinze is known to pursue his own, independant course and to always have new cooperation projects.
Gerardo Rosales
Gerardo Rosales, percussionist (conga and bongo) from Venezuela has been living in the Netherlands since 1996. Accompanied by various musicians he is an important promotor of the rhythms and playing techniques of his native country on his records and during performances.
Josee Koning E Grupo
Josee Koning is praised in the Netherlands and Brazil because of her interpretation of Brazilian music. She has been part of the group Batida since 1980 and they have made three albumssince then. They perform in the Netherlands and abroad. In 1995 her first solo album was released.
Ivan Lins
The Brazilian singer, composer and pianist Ivan Guimarães Lins was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1945. He experiences his first breakthrough as a composer with the song "Madalena" (Ivan Lins and Ronaldo Monteiro), recorded with the famous Brazilian singer Elis Regina.
Mark Alban Lotz
The Dutch flute player Mark Alban Lotz connects jazz and contemporary classical music with his music. In addition, he often pushes his boundaries to music genres from all over the world, like jazzy interpretations from Afro Cuban religious folklore. 
Bente Kahan, Di Gojim 
Di Gojim is a klezmer orchestra that is very successfull with their theatrical performances of Yiddish songs and classical ballads. The performance with the famous Jewish singer Bente Kahan (vocals, guitar) during the International Yiddisch Festival in Amsterdam, was later released as the live-CD Bente Kahan & Di Gojim.
Noujoum Rai
The nine piece band of Moroccan, Moluccan and Dutch musicians from Utrecht combines traditional raï and chaabi from Morocco with modern Western influences.
Fra Fra Big Band
Led by ex-social worker Vincent Henar a couple of young Surinamese in Amsterdam’s Bijlmermeer start the music group Fra Fra Sound in 1980. The formation grows into a leading Afro-Caribbean jazz band. Caribbean and Surinam rhythms form the basis of the musical concept. On top of that sounds contemporary, improvised American and European music, modern Western African city music, spiritual hymns and gospel. To celebrate their tenth anniversary the Fra Fra Big Band was founded as a special project with Charles Green as musical leader. Several renown brass players were added to the septet for this occasion.
Gustavo Toker, Juan Pablo Dobal
The Argentinean bandoneon player Gustavo Toker performs a program with self arranged traditional tangos and milongas and works by Astor Piazzolla. He will be accompanied by Juan Pablo Dobal on the piano. 
Prominent music journalists from Buenos Aires regard Toker as one of the best performers of Piazzolla’s heritage. 

Playlist 
Dutch Jazz/World 99 (COS 079)
CD 2:World
01] Lucas Van Merwijk And His Cu-Bop City Big
      Band – Asi Es La Humanidad – 6:22
02] O Septeto – Lyra – 5:33
03] Banabila, Saka – Idrissi BB Mix – 5:28
04] Byzantium – Byzantium – 4:12
05] Chris Hinze – Remix Aoyama – 3:08
06] Gerardo Rosales – Pa’ Los Munequitos – 3:08
07] Don Willard – Opa Tjaka – 4:40
08] Josee Koning E Grupo, Ivan Lins – Lua
      Soberana – 3:52
09] Mark Alban Lotz – Chango In The Dark – 5:47
10] Bente Kahan, Di Gojim – Bessarabie – 4:18
11] Noujoum Raï – Ouled El’ Alam – 4:50
12] Fra Fra Big Band – Pili Pili – 6:59
13] Gustavo Toker, Juan Pablo Dobal – La Monada –
     4:24