Richard Bona - The Ten Shades of Blues (2009)

WebSite: Bonatology

Tracklisting:

01. Take One (0:53)
02. Shiva Mantra (5:48)
03. Good Times (4:32)
04. M'Bemba Mama (4:04)
05. Kurumalete (5:03)
06. Souleymane (4:58)
07. African Cowboy (5:05)
08. Esukudu (4:35)
09. Yara's Blues (4:16)
10. Sona Moyo (4:56)
11. Camer Secrets (4:47)

When Richard Bona's new album Ten Shades Of Blues appears this autumn, ten years will have gone by since his first project, Scenes From My Life (released in 1999), a whole decade. In the case of Cameroonian bassist and singer Richard Bona, it's not so easy to condense a decade into just a few short lines because the man is such a multiple character, with many lives impelled by his permanent curiosity and desire to play. And each of these traits lies at the heart of his latest recording to date, an album devoted to the blues and "its key notes that can be recognized in all cultures." So here we have a new album open to all kinds of encounters, a record on which Richard Bona is our guide taking us on a tour with his Indian, country and jazz musicians to the four corners of the earth…