Richard Bona: "Liberty City" | Frankfurt Radio Big Band

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hr-BIGBAND feat. RICHARD BONA
Richard Bona | electric bass
Michael Philip Mossman | conductor
Soloists: Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, ss; Peter Reiter, p; Jürgen Neudert, tb; Richard Bona, el-b & voc
LIBERTY CITY is a composition by Jaco Pastorius
arranged by Michael Philip Mossman
Live-Recording at hr-Sendesaal, Frankfurt, march 22nd 2018
African grooves, virtuoso bass lines and feather-light singing in the tradition of West African griots: Richard Bona weaves these ingredients into a music for head, heart and feet. Richard Bona built his first bass himself from crates and bicycle brake ropes. A French jazz club owner in Douala had played recordings of Jaco Pastorius to the thirteen-year-old Richard and thus pointed the way. Otherwise the Cameroonian might have become famous only as a singer. With his feathery falsetto singing, in which the West African Griot tradition is suspended, he is still enchanting. But it is his astonishing virtuosity on the electric bass that first paved Bona's way into the bands of Salif Keita and Manu Dibangu and finally into those of jazz fusion greats like Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker or Joe Zawinul. Richard Bona has long been a star himself and is now playing together the hr big band with his own music.
deutsch:
Afrikanische Grooves, virtuose Basslinien und federleichter Gesang in der Tradition westafrikanischer Griots: Richard Bona verwebt diese Zutaten zu einer Musik für Kopf, Herz und Füße. Seinen ersten Bass baute sich Richard Bona selbst aus Kisten und Fahrrad-Bremsseilen zusammen. Ein französischer Jazzclub-Besitzer in Douala hatte dem Dreizehnjährigen Platten von Jaco Pastorius vorgespielt und damit die Richtung gewiesen. Andernfalls wäre der Kameruner vielleicht nur als Sänger berühmt geworden. Mit seinem federleichten Falsettgesang, in dem die westafrikanische Griot-Tradition aufgehoben ist, verzaubert er noch immer. Aber es ist seine Staunen machende Virtuosität auf dem E-Bass, die Bona zunächst den Weg in die Bands von Salif Keita und Manu Dibangu ebnete und schließlich in die von Jazzfusion-Größen wie Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker oder Joe Zawinul. Längst selbst ein Star, kommt Richard Bona jetzt mit seiner eigenen Musik zur hr-Bigband.
www.hr-bigband.de
hr-Bigband:
trumpets: Frank Wellert, Thomas Vogel, Martin Auer, Axel Schlösser
saxophones: Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, Oliver Leicht, Tony Lakatos, Steffen Weber, Rainer Heute
trombones: Günter Bollmann, Simon Harrer, Jürgen Neudert, Manfred Honetschläger
piano: Peter Reiter
guitar: Martin Scales
drums: Jean Paul Höchstädter
percussion: Marcio Doctor
Credits:
Olaf Stötzler, manager Frankfurt Radio Bigband
Lucia Rosu, executive producer
Robin Bös, sound-engineer
Rainer Schwarz, sound-engineer
cameras: Sven Bader, Jens Benner, Julia Gnann, David Elias Kar
recording manager: Sabine Wiesner
techn. production: Uwe Tapken
live-streaming: Jürgen Hanssum
project coordinator: Matthias Hohn
executive producer video: Nikolas Pieper
production manager: Hartmuth Niemczik
producer: Manuel Meyer
A production of Hessischer Rundfunk
#richardbona #bassplayer #jacopastorius

[@los_rubos]

Jaco was a GIANT!

[@rogermichou8654]

Pastorius was a supra talented composer like Hendrix. 2 geniuses

[@elrafa782]

What a (big) band ! 🤩🙏

[@diyanperdana7392]

My favorite jaco song..liberty city

[@kosicameroun5354]

The best version of this song i've still understood ...

[@ShimpayEWM]

It’s lovely!

[@agbotihola5193]

The mix amazing.... ❤️❤️

[@heirling25]

Omg, what a beautiful sound!

[@celestineeke5575]

One of the big band ever assembled good bassist Bona

[@bolingopaccy3515]

This is amazing The arrangement is very meaningfull .

[@Gartenglueck-Niederrhein]

Super!!!!!

[@tripletreasurePatKarlos.]

Awesome arrangement

[@lilkris3008]

Wish Jaco could still jam

[@stevendurrant1724]

Fantastic arrangement

[@JappaKneads]

Bona-Fide!!...

[@idrissounkouwap9679]

Bonjour exceptionnel wouah

[@kfirasulin]

super musicians

[@petersmart894]

Just greatttttt!

[@TheAspiringMusician_RSA]

Absolutely amazing , Beautiful, somehow i cant get the movie "whiplash" off my mind when i hear a live jazz band haha

[@ismalocoss]

bautiful living thing

[@anicetjoy5456]

Nice one

[@reneeledoux6517]

❤

[@edubla3382]

🔥

[@TheHackersboss]

11:35 LOOOOOOOOOL

[@manmewxlsgb]

Fantastic. But what is the point of a conductor?

[@ajbfwb]

Because the roadmap of a chart (the arranged music of this tune, for the big band) is not set in stone, nor should it be. Solos can vary in length for a lot of reasons, and the conductor may choose to repeat or omit sections, based on a variety of factors. The conductor in this situation, also happens to be the guy who did this awesome arrangement. Michael always does great charts.

[@abcd56698]

piano solo probably doesn't belong in this rendition (the tepid applause agrees with me)

[@pxofpxof7782]

WHAT THE FUCK TURN THE FUCKING CLARINET DOWN

[@hrbigband]

Hi Yasgm 77: are you talking about the soprano sax? Don't like the sound... sorry to hear that. Hope we can make you feel more comfortable with other pieces and mixes on our channel.

[@pxofpxof7782]

@@hrbigband now i feel bad i thought nobody was going to read this lol... just thinking the bass should stand up more!

[@alvideoprod]

More like elevator music !

[@jonrixbus]

Yes it really elevates you :D