Richard Bona - Scenes From My Life (1999)

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Title: Scenes From My Life
Year Of Release: 1999
Label: Columbia Jazz[CK 69768 2]
Genre: Jazz, World Fusion
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 52:57
Total Size: 404 MB(+3%) | 125 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1. Dipita
2. New Bell
3. Souwedi Na Wengue
4. Eyala
5. Djombwe
6. Te Dikalo
7. One Minute
8. Muna Nyuwe
9. Na Mala Nde
10. Konda Djanea
11. Eyando
12. Messanga
Richard Bona - Scenes From My Life (1999)

personnel :

Mokhtar Samba - Drums
Luisito Quintero - Percussion
Jean-Michel Pilc - Piano
Etienne Stadwijk - Keyboards
Edsel Gomez - Piano
Frederic Favarel - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Steel), Guitar (Electric)
Richard Bona - Organ, Arranger, Mixing, String Arrangements, Vocoder, Maracas Mbira, Producer, Kalimba, Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Bass
Alune Faye - Percussion, Sabar
Jeremy Gaddie - Drums
Ari Hoenig - Drums
Colette Michaan - Flute
Makthar Samba - Drums
Stephan Vera - Drums
Mara Milkis - Violin
Jeffery Levine - Contrabass
Virginia Burward-Hoy - Cello
Belinda Whitney-Barratt - Violin
Kenneth Burward-Hoy - Violin, Viola
Aaron Heick - Saxophone, Sax (Alto)
Michael Brecker - Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
Omar Hakim - Drums

Richard Bona's debut solo album Scenes from My Life is an unexpected delight, a first effort of such assurance that it's nearly irresistable. Bona blends a smooth production with fusions of contemporary jazz and music from his native country, Cameroon, West Africa. He has a warm, fluid style on bass and his voice is pure, high and lovely. To some undiscriminating ears, it may sound a little too smooth, but there is no calculation behind this music, only joy, and that is what makes Scenes from My Life a first-class debut. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide