| Bona, Richard / Bona Makes You Sweat |
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| Album: | Bona Makes You Sweat | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Bona, Richard | Added: | Oct 2008 | |
| Label: | Decca Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-01-11 | Pull Date: | 2009-03-15 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Mar 15 | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 15 | Feb 8 | Feb 1 | Jan 25 | Jan 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 01, 2009: | Getting Over the Hump! Indisretions & Please Don't Stop | 4. | Mar 12, 2009: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon O Sen Sen Sen | |
| 2. | Apr 30, 2009: | Happy Hour Djombwe & I Wish & Trains | 5. | Mar 05, 2009: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon Djombwe & I Wish & Trains | |
| 3. | Apr 23, 2009: | Happy Hour Indisretions & Please Don't Stop | 6. | Feb 22, 2009: | Sunday Afternoon Baseball Rainout Samaouma |
| Album Review |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2009-01-11 | ||
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Bassist/singer/songwriter Jazz musician born in Cameroon. Lives in NYC by way of Germany and France, 5 solo albums, this is his first live concert CD, recorded in Budapest. Has recorded & toured with Manu Dibango, Salif Keita & Pat Metheny & musical director for Harry Belafonte's European tour. ***1: 13:25 mid fast mini Latin groove at 4:32 applause & transition to mid tempo, male vocal then back to mini Latin trumpet groove. 2: 8:02 keyboard noodling, male vocal, slow 3: 5:26 keyboard noodling intro @ 1 min picks up a bit, big bass, male vocal @ 3 min picks up a bit more, trumpet ****4: 6:17 scat vocal. with looping a cappella yields a choir, mid fast tempo ***5: 6:49 very nice fast African/Latin dance number, male vocal, instruments take the lead. gets the audience in the groove. ***6: 8:40 cool Miles trumpet, nice groove, male vocal in English, mid tempo, nice e guitar groove @ 6:40. ***7: 9:51 locked bass drum groove, mellow instrument noodling groove, male vocal, lots of applause during the tune. very nice groove, @ 8:50 applause and then a minute more music 8: 5:41 fast African/Latin dance tune, fast male vocal, nice percussion lots of applause at end. D Farrell 01/2009 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Engingilaye & Ekwa Mwato | 5. | O Sen Sen Sen | |||
| 2. | Kivu & Suninga | 6. | Indisretions & Please Don't Stop | |||
| 3. | Kalabancoro | 7. | Djombwe & I Wish & Trains | |||
| 4. | Samaouma | 8. | Te Dikalo |