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Jan Wouter Oostenrijk
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Jan Wouter Oostenrijk (JWO), born March 31, 1965, is a Dutch jazz guitarist specialising in the melding of western jazz with middle eastern musical genres. Having first learned of Maghreb music from Moroccan musicians in his native Netherlands, it was JWO who first coined the term "Maghreb Jazz" to describe the growing body of varying fusions of western musical genres like rock, blues, and jazz with North African genres like rai, chaabi, sharqi, and gnaoua; he has contributed significantly to this new musical category with his albums, in particular the album Maghreb Jazz Guitar. He studied music at the Amsterdam conservatory as a student of Wim Overgaauw. He has studied the Moroccan Arabic language as well as Arabic maqams (middle eastern melodic patterns). His main instrument is guitar but he also sings, composes music, and plays a number of middle eastern instruments. Awards include the Gouden Notenraker for his work with the Dutch-Moroccan band Railand and a 2008 Grindie award (Radio Indy Golden artist) from the USA for Maghreb Jazz Guitar.

Website	www.jwo.nu

Discography

Railand – C'est pas ma faute (1996) EMI/ Absinthe

Discover the rhythms of Rai (1996) EMI

Noujoum Rai – Sec (1998) Osiris

Jan Wouter Oostenrijk – Open up your eyes (2000) JWO/ Music & Words

Jan Wouter Oostenrijk – Maghreb Jazz guitar (2006) JWO Music & Words

Supper club – Nomads 5 (2007) United

Pieprz i Wanillia – vol. 5 best of Lounge (2007) STX – records

Sinas – Global explorations (2007) Coast to Coast

Sinas – Intergalactic freedom (2010) Coast to Coast

Jan Wouter Oostenrijk – Sharqi Blues (2011) JWO/ Music & Words

References

Dutch G.N. award 1996: http://www.goudennotekraker.nl/index.php?PageID=5

Dutch label Music & Words: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_%26_Words

Dutch music encyclopedia: http://www.muziekencyclopedie.nl/action/entry/JWO+Maghreb+Jazz

RadioIndy Golden artist award USA: http://radioindygrindie.blogspot.nl/2008/06/maghreb-jazz-guitar-by-jan-wouter.html

External links

official site: www.jwo.nu

distribution: www.musicwords.nl

All about Jazz article: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=95377