Bobby Mcferrin improvisation with Richard Bona

Highlights: 06:38

RICHARD BONA : Electric bass guitar player, from Cameroon , bases in New York. –Newsweek "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. . . . His flowing style blends a horde of influences, including jazz, bossa nova, pop, afro-beat, traditional song and funk. This unique combination has given Bona’s music a new dimension, one that is unexplored yet genuinely universal. As Bona puts it, “I play the bass, but I am not just a jazz bass player.” Bona’s fans around the world have their own moniker derived from his unique style, referring to him as “The African ‘Sting.’ ”

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