Richard Bona: "Vocal solo" | Frankfurt Radio Big Band
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Published 2018-10-09
hr-BIGBAND feat. RICHARD BONA
Richard Bona | electric bass
Michael Philip Mossman | conductor
Soloists: Richard Bona, vocals
VOCAL SOLO is a composition by Richard Bona
Live-Recording at hr-Sendesaal, Frankfurt, march 22nd 2018
African grooves, virtuoso bass lines and feather-light singing in the tradition of West African griots: Richard Bona weaves these ingredients into a music for head, heart and feet. Richard Bona built his first bass himself from crates and bicycle brake ropes. A French jazz club owner in Douala had played recordings of Jaco Pastorius to the thirteen-year-old Richard and thus pointed the way. Otherwise the Cameroonian might have become famous only as a singer. With his feathery falsetto singing, in which the West African Griot tradition is suspended, he is still enchanting. But it is his astonishing virtuosity on the electric bass that first paved Bona's way into the bands of Salif Keita and Manu Dibangu and finally into those of jazz fusion greats like Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker or Joe Zawinul. Richard Bona has long been a star himself and is now playing together the hr big band with his own music.
deutsch:
Afrikanische Grooves, virtuose Basslinien und federleichter Gesang in der Tradition westafrikanischer Griots: Richard Bona verwebt diese Zutaten zu einer Musik für Kopf, Herz und Füße. Seinen ersten Bass baute sich Richard Bona selbst aus Kisten und Fahrrad-Bremsseilen zusammen. Ein französischer Jazzclub-Besitzer in Douala hatte dem Dreizehnjährigen Platten von Jaco Pastorius vorgespielt und damit die Richtung gewiesen. Andernfalls wäre der Kameruner vielleicht nur als Sänger berühmt geworden. Mit seinem federleichten Falsettgesang, in dem die westafrikanische Griot-Tradition aufgehoben ist, verzaubert er noch immer. Aber es ist seine Staunen machende Virtuosität auf dem E-Bass, die Bona zunächst den Weg in die Bands von Salif Keita und Manu Dibangu ebnete und schließlich in die von Jazzfusion-Größen wie Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker oder Joe Zawinul. Längst selbst ein Star, kommt Richard Bona jetzt mit seiner eigenen Musik zur hr-Bigband.
www.hr-bigband.de
hr-Bigband:
trumpets: Frank Wellert, Thomas Vogel, Martin Auer, Axel Schlösser
saxophones: Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, Oliver Leicht, Tony Lakatos, Steffen Weber, Rainer Heute
trombones: Günter Bollmann, Simon Harrer, Jürgen Neudert, Manfred Honetschläger
piano: Peter Reiter
guitar: Martin Scales
drums: Jean Paul Höchstädter
percussion: Marcio Doctor
Credits:
Olaf Stötzler, manager Frankfurt Radio Bigband
Lucia Rosu, executive producer
Robin Bös, sound-engineer
Rainer Schwarz, sound-engineer
cameras: Sven Bader, Jens Benner, Julia Gnann, David Elias Kar
recording manager: Sabine Wiesner
techn. production: Uwe Tapken
live-streaming: Jürgen Hanssum
project coordinator: Matthias Hohn
executive producer video: Nikolas Pieper
production manager: Hartmuth Niemczik
producer: Manuel Meyer
A production of Hessischer Rundfunk
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All Comments (21)
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Richard Bona is Music!!! He should be studied as an institution!!!!
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Richard Bona doesn’t just play music He is MUSIC 🎵 🎼✨🎶
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Man findet Frieden mit Richard Bona 🤲🏾☮️💯
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We're still here in 2024
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Richard Bona is everything I wanna be as a performer and composer 🖤🔥. Love from Nigeria 🇳🇬
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What really touches me are the faces of the entire bigband stuck in absolute delight, enjoying the moment. Bona is unbelievable!
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Producer: Hey Richard, how many musicians do you want on stage to look at you while you do your show? Richard Bona: Yes
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I thought that I knew the best music....omg how did I just found him ...it makes me cry
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Who else likes the way he looks like a classic Pirate who makes good music!
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I could listen to this man all the day long, his music gives peace of mind
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His vocal quality and singing abilities are even crazier when you consider that he's also the best bass guitarist in the world. just a legend!!!
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Cameroon 🇨🇲 to the world
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This guy has the pitch-perfect! Richard Bona, a living monument!
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1st time listening Richard Bona. 1st time I'm seeing a singer with this type of extraordinary vocal quality. Salute to you sir. Love from India🇮🇳
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If musical perfection was a human ... Good music does not need a language (or instruments) to be appreciated
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For anyone who's used a loop pedal: I dare you to get this level of syncopation and fluid tone. Incredible stuff.
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Do u know how many Times i've watched this Video. I'm totally in love with his Talent.
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Ce gars est un génie... Créer une chanson complète avec mélodie et paroles sans instruments et seulement avec la bouche... cest trop fort ça ! Chapeau l'artiste
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one love Cameroon ❤❤❤❤❤❤
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Richard Bona has the most soulful beatbox in his mouth. This is magical. Who else watching this for the first time in December 2019
