Find official and exclusive videos for richard bona. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cooki. Richard bonas songs stream online music songs listen. Discussion in bassists bg started by tri33, sep 28, 2011. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from richard bona. Richard bona is one of the rare african artists who has made a mark on the international scene,broken into other cultures to give a taste of multicultural diversity. Jazz bassist richard bona was born and raised in the west african nation of cameroon, going on to session dates with joe zawinul, regina carter, and bob james as well as a twoyear stint as musical director for the great harry belafonte.
His unique style is situated at the crossroads of a horde of influences jazz, bossa nova, pop music, afro beat, traditional song and funk. Jazz bassist and singer richard bona was born in cameroon in 1967, in a family of musicians. The commune has become part of the suburbs of bamako, the malian capital. Richard bona bonafied cd 60253736377 music richard bona bonafied cd new label.
However, with artists like richard bona still cranking out the jazz tunes, there is still life in the genre that can be appreciated with all its potentialmaybe even catch the attention of more people of my generation. All richard bona lyrics sorted by popularity, with video and meanings. Bondeko, heritage, the ten shades of blues, the ten shades of blues, tiki, singles. Fans call him the african sting, critics call him a pro, but its his unique and electrifying style of connecting with his audience that titles him what he. Universal music division decca records france while hes a singer of uncommon delicacy, bona s music has teetered on the edge of preciousness or even popjazz cheese for a few years. Richard bonas seemingly effortless voice, fierce skills on the bass, unique songwritingarranging expertise and ability to learn just about any instrument simply from watching, position him as a rare. But even the hippest of the hip give it up when the subject turns to richard bona, a slight, shy virtuoso of the electric bass guitar from a. Kalabancoro, please dont stop, ma mama, youwile, maa kiana, biography. Richard bonas best songs as picked by the jam community, 20112015. Listen to bilongo from richard bona s heritage for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Richard bona receives marriage proposal at yerevan concert.
After the concert richard bona had to return to the stage and sing two more times upon the demand of the spectators. Fans call him the african sting, critics call him a pro, but its his unique and electrifying style of connecting with his audience that titles him what he really isa true musician. Richard bonas latest album heritage, his eighth, is the first one with the afrocuban band mandekan cubano. Watch the video for kalabancoro from richard bona s munia the tale for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Bassistmultiinstrumentalistvocalist richard bona has debuted scenes from my life for columbia jazz. Listen to bilongo from richard bonas heritage for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The cameroon, africa native who is widely considered to be one of the worlds top bass players, and rightly so, has performed with such great musicians as harry belafonte, joe zawinul, manu dibango, billy cobham, the brecker brothers and salif keita. Richard bona has been recognized as one of the planets five revelations of the past decade. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Richard bona jazz in unfortunately a dying art, or at least, the appreciation of jazz has really died down. This album traces the roots of cuban music back to their origins in the mandekan empire of the 15 th century and earlier, before the slave trade and colonization split sundiatas unified kingdom into so.
The kind of music which sinks directly into the soul made from unique instruments woven into a musical piece. There were also people who took selfies with bona and accompanied him singing. Nov 10, 2014 sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe. The album was released under quincy jones qwest label. Richard bonas music took on a distinctive afrocuban flavor with the 2016 release of the heritage album with cuban band mandekan cubano.
May 3, 20 richard bona bonafied 20 november 11, 2009 richard bona the ten shades of blues 2009. This is the first and hopefully not the last time ive been here. Dubbed the african sting, richard bona expands his wings and soars with his fourth solo album and decca debut tiki showing he is a true triple threat in the music world. This album traces the roots of cuban music back to their origins in the mandekan empire of the 15 th century and earlier, before the slave trade and colonization split sundiatas unified kingdom into so many parts. Richard bona download high quality complete mp3 albums. Kalabancoro or kalaban koro is a rural commune and town in the cercle of kati within the koulikoro region of southwestern mali. Kalabancoro is a composition by richard bona arranged by michael philip mossman liverecording at hrsendesaal, frankfurt, march 22nd 2018. Jazz bassist richard bona was born and raised in the west african nation of cameroon, going on to session dates with joe zawinul, regina carter. Free customizable online radio with unlimited skips. Heritage, an album by richard bona, mandekan cubano on spotify.
The bassistvocalistcomposer maintains his universal appeal by using a crossbreed effect on his new album by combining african influences afrobeat and traditional song. A remarkable multiinstrumentalist talent with worldmusic leanings read full biography. Provided to youtube by universal music group kalabancoro richard bona salif keita munia the tale. Richard bonas seemingly effortless voice, fierce skills on the bass, unique songwritingarranging expertise and ability to learn just about any instrument simply from watching, position him as a rare african artist to have established an unscalable reputation on an international platform. The obtuse tantrums ep features richard bones return to his new wavesynthpop roots, where he began his career signed to survival records uk in the 1980s. Richard bona ba senge bass transcription richard bona. Richard bona s music took on a distinctive afrocuban flavor with the 2016 release of the heritage album with cuban band mandekan cubano. Bonas in barcelona dedicated to richard bona piano solo, drums, guitar, bass guitar, jazz combo intermediate digital download composed by cristian hernandez castellvi.
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Ever since his solo debuts in 1999, richard bona has defended the idea of music thats universal. He was born in 1967 in minta, a tiny cameroon village, into a family where both his mother and grandfather were singers. A kind o music richard bona complete solo discography. It lies on the south side of the niger river, to the south and west of the urban communes v and vi of bamako. Appropriately dubbed, the african sting, richard bona has been showcasing his west african inspired genius all over the world for the last 15 years. Richard bona was born in 1967 in minta, a village in the center of cameroon, into a musical family his mother and sisters were singers and as a little boy he joined.