RICHARD BONA RELEASES ‘TIKI’ HIS 4TH ALBUM

Bassist, vocalist and composer Richard Bona has released his fourth studio album out now entitled, Tiki. Bona takes his musical influences ranging from Afrobeat, Latin rhythms, jazz, pop, bossa nova and funk, and presents his own unique twist on it all with an underlying African exquisiteness on the soothing Tiki. From the lovely nursery rhyme Ida Bato to the jazzy ballad Esoka Bulu, the samba-influenced Akwa samba Yaya, or the lead song Please Don’t Stop which features vocals by John Legend. Richard Bona takes the listener on a journey from his African roots that shows both growth and maturity. Bona was born in Cameroon and grew up in a musical family, and after moving from Cameroon to Paris and finally to New York in 1985, he became one of the most in demand collaborators on the international jazz scene. He worked with a remarkable array of artists such as Paul Simon, Harry Belafonte, Chaka Khan, Queen Latifah, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Salif Keta to name a few. His debut album Scenes From My Life was released in 1999, followed by two critically acclaimed albums that made him a true ‘triple threat’ to the music world. Richard Bona is slated to perform at Joe’s Pub in New York City on September 6.