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Who I Am & Where I Live
- Name: Richard Bona
- City: Brooklyn, New York
- Country: United States
- Hometown: Minta, Cameroon
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What's Up?
"Imagine an artist with Jaco Pastorious’s virtuosity, George Benson’s vocal fluidity, Joao Gilberto’s sense of song and harmony, all mixed up with African culture. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you Richard Bona!"
– Los Angeles Times
My Life & Work
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Bio:
Elements of Richard Bona's bass playing have never the left the small village in Cameroon where he was born and lived as a child.
Drive, persistence and prodigious talent though got Richard to Cameroon's capital of Douala, to Paris and Marseille, and to New York City, his music rites of passage though territory, time and history, but always hearkening back to his beginnings...
My Media
- ▶ YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/RichardBonaMusic
- ▶ Twitter: BonaRichard
- ▶ Instagram: richardbonaofficial
- ▶ Website: http://www.richard-bona.com
Click to Listen on Spotify
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 1): http://open.spotify.com/album/1IabJFOoxJYOb6QrqHFROp
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 2): http://open.spotify.com/album/3xx2olJMUd5uONMZxPhFWZ
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 3): http://open.spotify.com/album/1nKKEuLrpUHjNGTlEpNFwi
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 4): http://open.spotify.com/album/4lWf9e9vJjbMehRGUgH8Fu
- ▶ (Album/Podcast 5): http://open.spotify.com/album/06h7AfY6apd9l5I6XCd1m7
Contact Information
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Management/Booking:
Management:
Quincy Jones Productions
Adam Fell / Thomas Duport
info@quincyjones.com
Bookings (except France and Poland):
Music Works International
Katherine McVicker
info@musicworksinternational.com
For France:
Anteprima
Reno Di Matteo
reno@anteprimaproductions.com
For Poland:
Agencja Artystyczna 4music
Joanna Drozda
joanna@4music.com.pl
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Quotes, Notes & Etc.
"Imagine an artist with Jaco Pastorious’s virtuosity, George Benson’s vocal fluidity, João Gilberto’s sense of song and harmony, all mixed up with African culture. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you Richard Bona!"
– Los Angeles Times
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