DESCRIPTION:
O Sen Sen - Metropole Orkest directed by Vince Mendoza, with featured artist Richard Bona (voc, b-gtr) at the end of the Arrangers Workshop, recorded live in the Lantaarn Venster Theatre in Rotterdam.
Other soloists are Bart van Lier-trb, Ruud Breuls-trp en Martijn Vink-drs

Richard Bona born (1969) and raised in the West African nation of Cameroon, going on to session dates with Joe Zawinul, Regina Carter, and Bob James as well as a two-year stint as musical director for the great Harry Belafonte. He made his debut as a headliner in 1999 with Scenes from My Life, and in 2003, Bona made his Verve debut with Munia: The Tale, which explored the territories of rock and jazz while keeping his West African influences. In 2006, Tiki, featuring guest artists like John Legend and Djavan, was released. This album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Contemporary World Music category and made it to the top-100 lists i The Netherlands, as did the abum "Ten Shades of Blues".
Richard appeared on stage and on albums with a host of musicians and vocalists, to name but a few: Manu Dibango, Salif Keita, Didier Lockwood, Mike Stern, Joe Zawinul, Bobby McFerrin, Pa Metheny, Michael and Randy Brecker, Branford Marsalis, Alfredo Rodriguez.
Richard has always been a welcome guest with the Metropole Orkest, appearing in live concerts, arrangers workshops and also at the BBC Proms 2016 tribute to Quincy Jones.

Metropole Orkest: 75 Years in Perspective - Its Past, its Present, its Future
7th Decade (2006 - 2015)

Credits & Acknowledgements
Music selection: Friederike Darius, Max Boeree, Fred Dekker, Robert Soomer
Design, Production & Final Editing: Jolien Plat
Audio supervision: Dirk Overeem; Video supervision & registration: Max Boeree (Big Ears Productions)
Text and Narrative: Fred Dekker
Concept: Fred Dekker

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