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Richard Bona: Liberty City | Frankfurt Radio Big Band

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Richard Bona is one of those musicians you don't find twice. His voice is unique and his electric bass playing makes him one of the most wanted players in the world. Like it? Then please subscribe here: hr-BIGBAND feat. RICHARD BONA Richard Bona | electric bass Michael Philip Mossman | conductor Soloists: Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, ss; Peter Reiter, p; Jürgen Neudert, tb; Richard Bona, el-b & voc LIBERTY CITY is a composition by Jaco Pastorius arranged by Michael Philip Mossman 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. 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 #richardbona #bassplayer #jacopastorius

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