Richard Bona

Jazz bassist Richard Bona was created and raised in the Western world African country of Cameroon, heading on to program schedules with Joe Zawinul, Regina Carter, and Bob Adam and a two-year stint seeing that musical movie director for the fantastic Harry Belafonte. He produced his debut being a headliner in 1999 with Moments from MY ENTIRE LIFE, and 2 yrs later Reverence arrived. In 2003, Bona produced his Verve debut with Munia: The Story, which explored the territories of rock and roll and jazz while keeping his Western world African affects, and 2005’s Toto Bona Lokua was a joint work with Lokua Kanza (in the Congo) and Gerald Toto (from Martinique). In 2006, Tiki, offering guest performers like John Star and Djavan, premiered.