GUS STEYN, JOHARI SALLEH, MARIO LIM, TAN CHONG YEW & ORKES RTM - KONSERT PERDANA 75

Here's a double album, a concert registration, recorded in Kuala Lumpur in 1975, a concert to celebrate the birthday of the then Prime-minister One of the great composers of the 60's and 70's in Malaysia was actually Dutch. His name was Gustaaf Nicolaas Steyn. In the 40's he immigrated to Jakarta and left for Singapore in 1958 where he began working for Steering Radio Muzik on Singapore TV. He moved to Australia in 1962 playing in night clubs there and then moved to Malaysia in 1966 and began working with the RTM (Radio Television Malaysia) Orchestra. He made tons of patriotic songs there, dabbled in jazz music, traditional folk songs from Malaysia and lots, lots more. He passed away in Kuala Lumpur in 1992... Johari Salleh was a music maestro who was quite famous in Malaysia in the 70s and 80s. He was born on February 9, 1939 in Geylang, Singapore. He was one of the pioneers for the RTM Orchestra.... Tan Chong Yew was one of the great Malaysian composers of Chinese descent.... Piano player and composer Alfonso Soliano was huge in the Malaysian, Singaporean and Thai jazz scene.... GET THE ALBUM HERE Enjoy!