Richard Bona

Richard Bona

Richard Bona (* 28. October 1967 in Minta ) is a Cameroonian jazz - bassist , guitarist and singer.

Career

After a short stay in Germany, Bona went to France, where he played with Manu Dibango , Salif Keita and Didier Lockwood . He also recorded with Joe Zawinul .

In 1995 he moved to New York City , where he worked with musicians such as Larry Coryell , Michael and Randy Brecker , Mike Stern , Steve Gadd , Chick Corea and Pat Metheny . In 2008 he performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival with Bobby McFerrin . In 2007 he also formed a new group with the musicians Gerald Toto and Lokua Kanza , which performed at the FMM Festival the Musicas do Mundo 2008 in Sines Portugal and recorded an album. In 2019 he was on tour with Alfredo Rodríguez .

Bona teaches bass guitar at New York University .

Discography (selection)

• 1999: Scenes from My Life
• 2000: North Sea Jazz Festival
• 2001: Reverence
• 2003: Mo 'Bop I
• 2003: Munia
• 2004: Live in Paris
• 2004: Mo 'Bop II
• 2004: Toto Bona Lokua
• 2005: Tiki
• 2006: Mon 'Bop III
• 2006: Richard Bona & Sadao Watanabe - Live - One For You
• 2008: Bona Makes You Sweat - Live
• 2009: The Ten Shades of Blues
• 2013: Bonafied
• 2016: Mandekan Cubano Heritage

Web links

• Richard Bona’s website
• German biography
• Article in Fast Africa ( Memento from October 20, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
• http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx?aid=3075 Richard Bona at Vervemusic (engl.)
• detailed biography at Radiofrance internationale (English) ( memento from June 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )