Birthday
1967/10/28 (57 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Minta, Cameroon
Also know as
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Richard Bona (born 28 October 1967 in Minta, Cameroon) is a virtuoso Cameroonian Grammy Award-winning jazz bassist. Bona Pinder Yayumayalolo was born in Minta, Cameroon, into a family of musicians, which enabled him to start learning music from a young age. His grandfather was a griot – a West African singer of praise and storyteller – and percussionist, as his mother was a singer. When he was four years old, Bona started to play the balafon. At the age of five, he began performing at his villag...Read more
Manu Katché - Quartet Live Montreux Jazz Club 2014
as Self - Bass
(2021) Beneath the Bassline - Lost Backstage
as Self
(2005) Bobby McFerrin - Live in Montreal
as Himself
(2005) Steps Ahead: Live at Vitoria Jazz Festival
as Himself
(2013) Richard Bona - Jazz Festival Timisoara
as bass - vocals
(2019) Quincy Jones: A Musical Celebration in Paris
as Self
(2003) Pat Metheny Group - Speaking Of Now Live
as ---
(1998) Vivement dimanche
as Self