Snijders was born in
Paramaribo as son of Surinamese composer
Eddy Snijders and Olga Ooft. He began learning the flute at seven years old. Eventually he would also learn to play guitar, piano, percussion, and saxophone. In 1970, he moved to the
Netherlands to study engineering at the
Delft University of Technology. He stayed in Europe to work as a musician, whereas he first played for
Willem Breuker, whose collective deep he served until 1977. In 1973, he won the NOS Jazz Concours in
Laren. Since 1977, he has focused on working with his own band, with which he also appeared at the
North Sea Jazz Festival, as in many European countries but also in Western and Southern Africa, the Caribbean and North America. In his compositions he often draws on
Kaseko, a musical genre of his homeland, but also to elements of pop and
world music. With Kaseko he worked intensively during his musicological studies, which he completed from 1986 through 1991 at the
University of Amsterdam. On his albums, he played alongside
ethno-jazz, the compositions of his father, and children's music. On top of all of that, he has also performed with the
Metropole Orchestra. As an author, he has submitted a biography of his father named, and a collection of short stories. He was appointed a Knight of the
Order of Orange-Nassau in 2001. == Discography ==