Richard Bona: “Please Don’t Stop“ | Frankfurt Radio Big Band

Richard Bona is one of those musicians you don’t find twice. His voice is unique and his electric bass playing makes him one of the most wanted players in the world. Like it? Then please subscribe here: hr-BIGBAND feat. RICHARD BONA Richard Bona | electric bass Michael Philip Mossman | conductor Soloists: Richard Bona, el-b & voc; Oliver Leicht, as PLEASE DON’T STOP is a composition by Richard Bona 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. Otherw