hr-Bigband feat. Richard Bona

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hr-BIGBAND feat. RICHARD BONA
Richard Bona | electric bass
Michael Philip Mossman | conductor

arranged by Michael Philip Mossman

Live-Recording at hr-Sendesaal, Frankfurt, march 22nd 2018

Timecodes for tracks:
0:45 Engingilaye
(Soloists: Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, ss; Martin Scales, g)
11:50 Kalabancoro
(Soloists: Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, ss; Axel Schlosser, tp)
19:45 Eyala
(Soloists: Richard Bona, el-b & voc; Martin Auer, flh; Steffen Weber, ts; Peter Reiter, p)
35:38 Janjo La Maya
(Soloists: Axel Schlosser, tp; Richard Bona, el-b & voc; Günter Bollmann, tb; Jean Paul Höchstädter,
dr)
47:44 Fannie Mae
(Soloists: Tony Lakatos, ts; Martin Auer, tp; Martin Scales, g; Richard Bona, el-b & voc)
58:20 Shiva Mantra
(Soloists: Martin Scales, g; Simon Harrer, tb; Marcio Doctor, perc)
1:08:07 Please Don't Stop
(Soloists: Richard Bona, el-b & voc; Oliver Leicht, as)
1:17:46 Te Misea
(Soloists: Rainer Heute, b-cl; Martin Auer, flh)
1:26:26 Vocal Solo Richard Bona
1:36:07 Liberty City
(Soloists: Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, ss; Peter Reiter, p; Jürgen Neudert, tb; Richard Bona, el-b & voc)
1:51:10 O Sen Sen Sen
(Soloists: Richard Bona, el-b & voc; Marcio Doctor, perc; Jean Paul Höchstädter, dr; Rainer Heute, bari; Michael Philip Mossman, tp)

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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