Richard Bona, Tiki - 52m 45s

Tracks & Durations

1. Tiki	4:44
2. Dipama	4:29
3. Kivu	1:25
4. O Beta O Siba	4:50
5. Esoka Bulu (Nigth Whisper)	4:04
6. O Sen Sen Sen	4:43
7. Manyaka O Brazil	4:09
8. Three Women	3:19
9. Ba Senge	4:11
10. Ida Bato (Ancient Song 1789)	1:11
11. Akwa Samba Yaya	5:06
12. Calçadao de Copacabana	4:08
13. Samaouma	4:56
14. Nu Sango	1:19

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Review

For his fourth solo album, the Cameroon-born bassist/multi-instrumentalist/singer-composer extraordinaire has assembled a crew of seasoned players from various walks of life. These range from Americans like jazz guitarist Mike Stern and triple-Grammy-winning neo-R&B star John Legend to stars from the international firmament, such as guitarist Toninho Horta (ex-Milton Nascimento) and singer-composer Djavan from Brazil and Susheela Raman, a UK-based chanteuse/torch goddess who employs Indian and other influences in her work. The resulting 15 tracks, while certainly incorporating a mélange of influences and couched in decidedly mainstream, soft-jazz production values, nonetheless neatly evade the dreaded "F word" (fusion) -- a term used as a pejorative by certain diehard world music mavens. Known as the "African Sting," Bona comes across as a sunny, soft-spoken presence, with a gently mellifluous tenor, wicked chops and an undeniable ear for a hook. Deferential yet assertive, rootsy yet cosmopolitan, he pursues the African Diaspora to South America, the Caribbean and the USA, blending each local sound with lessons gleaned from his own cultural birthright and later travels. --Christina Roden

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Tiki

Tracks: 14, Disk length: 52m 22s (-1m 37s)

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