Bona Makes You Sweat

Richard Bona, Taylor Haskins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B001BM67MG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,662 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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It s not cool to be impressed by the latest whiz kid to hit town. But even the hippest of the hip give it up when the subject turns to Richard Bona, a slight, shy virtuoso of the electric bass guitar from a mud-hut village deep in Cameroon. --Newsweek

...his mellifluous singing voice is the album s most distinctive feature... --New York Times

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

Product Description

African virtuoso, Richard Bona is back with a new live album that will indeed make you sweat. The moments he shares with his audiences are unique, rare, and highly moving. Bona Makes You Sweat-Live, in stores August 26th on Decca, marks his fifth solo and first-ever live concert recording. Richard Bona is known the world-over as one of the best bassist in the world, but his talent doesn t stop there. He is a supremely-gifted multi-instrumentalist, and a singer who, as Bass Player describes as music s most fluent new voice. Recorded in the summer of 2007 as a live concert at club A38 in Budapest, Bona Makes You Sweat shows Richard and his band including; keyboardist Etienne Stadwijk, trumpeter Taylor Haskins, guitarist John Caban, percussionist Samuel Torres and drummer Ernesto Simpson at their absolute best. Making this album was important to Bona so he could relay to new and old fans alike the pure energy that is felt between the musicians on stage with the audience. It s a well-rehearsed band, noted Bona. We have developed a repertoire together to the point where I can just call a song on stage and everybody knows what to do. Or sometimes I just have to look a certain way or give them a sign, and they know what song I want to play. From the critical acclaim his previous albums received, Richard Bona s magnetic presence puts him at the top of his game. Global Rhythm applauded him by saying ...extraordinary bass playing... you ll never find a reason not to be entranced while Newsweek mused; It s not cool to be impressed by the latest whiz kid to hit town. But even the hippest of the hip give it up when the subject turns to Richard Bona.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bona Makes you Sweat, April 29, 2009

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W. SEKGAMPU "Will Sekgampu" (South Africa) - See all my reviews
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The best bass guiterist, the best African vocals and best intertainer and he will indeed make you sweat 6/5

3.0 out of 5 stars nothing spectacular, August 2, 2010

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Simon Bolivar "bobororo" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bona Makes You Sweat (Audio CD)

I found this CD to have a rather poor recording quality. I also think this is, overall, a weak musical production. Better invest your money in some of his excellent studio recordings, most notably "Munia- The tale". Or perhaps, "Reverence". Richard Bona is an amazing musician. But this particular product did not live up to my expectations.

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, May 28, 2010

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Willem J. Homan "Superfly" (Rock Vegas, Australia) - See all my reviews
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Kickass album which only gets better the more you listen to it.

Grooves like crazy and I find it far more engaging than his studio stuff.