

december 20034SURE came out of the legacy of the Surinam Music Ensemble and SUR5. His recordings include the CD's of Fra-Fra Sound and Rumbata. Mark appeared at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1998 with Fra-Fra Sound, and in 2001 with Eddy Veldman's Opoyeye. With Fra-Fra Sound/Big Band he has toured in Europe, Africa, Jamaica, Cuba, and Surinam. He has performed with many artists, including Rumbata, Gerardo Rosales, Unisono, Denise Jannah, Saskia Laroo, Izaline Calister. He soon became known in the musical community for his diversity and musicality.
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Mark began his professional career at the age of 18, when he became a regular member of Chicago-born blues guitarist Ronald Abrams' band. After completing the jazz program at the Hilversum Conservatory in 1992, he attended the Rotterdam Conservatory (World Music Department), graduating in 1996. In recent years he is performing a lot with Shooster and the Ploctones. He's played with the Surinam Music Ensemble, Nueva Manteca, Cubop City Big Band, John Engels 4, Martin van Duinhoven, Courtney Pine, Benny Baily, Steve Williamson, Bootsy Collins, Lester Bowie and Hans Dulfer. He toured and performed in Holland with Fra Fra Sound, Surfive and New Cool Collective (Big Band) and also abroad (US, Jamaica, Marocco, Malta, Cuba, Senegal, Ghana and South Africa). Recently Mike and Olaf also toured the Netherlands and Belgium with the singer guitar player Ceumar from Brazil.Įfrai¯m Trujillo (tenor sax) was born in Lynwood, California, and started playing the clarinet when he was 9 years old. Lately he has been touring with the Mike del Ferro Trio, in Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Costa Rica and Panama.

Rosa King and Upside Down played with Guest artists as like Akkerman, Alex Britty, Luther Allison and Hans Dulfer. He's played in Upside Down for six years, the band of the legendary saxophonist and singer Rosa King they recorded 3 albums and toured the world several times. Carter, Michelle David and with jazz pianist Mike del Ferro. He also plays together with internationally renowned artist like Ramon Valle, Nippy Noya, Deborah J. Olaf frequently performs with Artists from Brazil, like Ceumar and Macleim. He attended the conservatory in Amsterdam and Rotterdam and he also attended lessons at the Conjuncto Folclorico National de Cuba, and practiced percussion in Africa, New York and Brazil. Olaf Keus (drums) was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and started to play percussion and drums when he was seven years old. He also performed and recorded with Jan Akkerman, Margie Evans, Jamaladeen Tacuma, Cornell Rochester, David Murray, Han Bennink, Benny Bailey, Ramon Valle and others. His latest release is "Brujeria" by 4SURE. The debut album of "SurFive" was called "Personnel Changes ". 4SURE is one Pablo's favorite crossover projects in order to keep his mojo working as a front runner of contemporary Afro Caribbean music ! Pablo Nahar' s discography consists of 4 albums with "Surinam Music Ensemble" 2 solo albums "Ring no Bell" with a ten piece orchestra and "Fre Yuru" with his trio "Parohe". Recently he transformed the band into "4SURE" the quartet he has been touring with lately. In 1997 he founded the quintet called "SURFIVE" as a nursery for the further development of Paramaribop. In New York he followed the teachings in composing & arranging by Frank Foster.

In Amsterdam he was the co-founder of the legendary " Surinam Music Ensemble" and a pioneer at the beginning of the development of " Paramaribop" ( the unique combination of Afro-Surinam Kaseko/Kawina rhythms and the abstract & more complex harmonies of Jazz & Bebop ).

Pablo started at an early age to practice music. Juan Pablo Nahar ( acoustic bass ) was born in Paramaribo Suriname. These pioneers of Paramaribop, mixing Afro-Surinam rhythms and melody with the abstract harmonies of jazz and bebop, are now considered to be the frontrunners of contemporary Afro-Caribbean music. Four friends-in-music from various corners of the world joined forces to create an electrifying fusion of different music styles, blending Surinam Paramaribop and jazz with Brazilian and Cuban flavors. Con Banda Sinaloense songs 4Sure is a latin jazz formation.
