Richard Bona - Munia: The Tale '2003

Tracks list

Tracklist

1.Bonatology (Incantation)1:42
2.Kalabancoro 	 	4:06
3.Sona Mama 	 	4:32
4.Painting a Wish 	5:51
5.Engingilaye 	 	4:45
6.Dina Lam (Incantation) 	5:29
7.Balemba Na Bwemba 	5:03
8.Muto Bye Bye 	 	6:03
9.Bona Petit 	 	4:50
10.Couscous 	 	3:29
11.Playground 	 	6:31 

personnel : 

Richard Bona - bass, lead and background vocals, guitars, percussion, keyboard
Vinnie Colauita - drums
Kenny Garrett - soprano sax
Salif Keita - lead vocals
Nathaniel Townsley - drums
Georges Whitty - keyboards, acoustic piano
George Colligan - piano
Gilmar Gomes - percussion
Aaron Heick - soprano and alto saxes
Todd Horton - trumpet, flugelhorn
Andrew Lippman - trombone
Chris Young - electric guitars
A.T.N. - piano, keyboards, accordion
Romero Lubambo - acoustic and electric guitars
Diely Moussa Conde - kora (fulani flute)
Coco Mbassi - background vocals
Valerie Belinga - background vocals
Julia Star - background vocals 

Yet another of Harry Belafonte's protégés who later made a big name for
himself, Cameroon's Richard Bona takes time out from his ace session bass life
to make another remarkably versatile, impeccably polished solo album, Munia: The
Tale, his first on Verve. While Bona allows rock, jazz, funk, and Brazilian
influences through the window, the melodies and rhythmic patterns are still
strongly rooted in West Africa, always permeating the atmosphere. On some of the
tracks, Bona needs no help at all to make an impression, layering on his vocals
over his bass, guitars, keyboards, and percussion in an exquisitely controlled
one-man show. He often does so with the subtle shading and dabs of color of a
pianter, like the gentle Moog lines that seep into the background of "Dina Lam."
Indeed, "Munia" opens with a cleverly titled a cappella incantation "Bonatology"
-- featuring no other voices than those of Bona. And when he gets one of those
revolving Afrobeat grooves going -- with irresistible results on "Couscous" --
you wish the track would never end. Yet Bona also doesn't mind playing a
supporting role, laying back on bass as Miles Davis alumnus Kenny Garrett offers
up some soulful soprano sax on the now-contemplative, now-complex Miles tribute
"Painting a Wish." Salif Keita adds his impassioned, keening vocals to
"Kalabancoro," and Romero Lubambo's acoustic guitar gives "Bona Petit" (another
self-referential title) a lot of its Brazilian flavor. Bona the virtuoso doesn't
try to dazzle you with his technique; instead, he seduces you with his music's
glossy finish and peacefully insistent rhythms.~Richard S. Ginell  
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