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    ▀▀▓▓█▌           Richard Bona - The Ten Shades of Blues           ░
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      ▀▀▄▓▒▓   Artist .....: Richard Bona                           ▓▒▓
        ▐█▓▓   Title ......: The Ten Shades of Blues                ▓▓█
        ▀██▓   Year .......: 2009                                   ▓██
         ██▓   Genre ......: Jazz                                   ▓██
         ███   Label ......: Wrasse Records                         ▓██
         ███   Source .....: CD                                     ▓█▓
         ███   Bitrate ....: 191 kbps avg                           ██▓
         ███   khz ........: 44.1                                   █▓▓
         ███   Mode .......: Joint Stereo                           ██▓
         ██▓   Encoder ....: LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new               ██▓
         ██▓   Reldate ....: 2009-11-11                             ▓██
         ██▓   Storedate ..: 2009-00-00                             ▓██
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  ███▌  Tracklist ▀                                          ███
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  ███   1.  Take One                                    0:53 ███
  ███   2.  Shiva Mantra                                5:48 ███
  ███   3.  Good Times                                  4:31 ███
  ███   4.  M'Bemba Mama                                4:04 ███
  ███   5.  Kurumalete                                  5:03 ███
  ███   6.  Souleymane                                  4:58 ███
  ███   7.  African Cowboy                              5:05 ███
  ███   8.  Esukudu                                     4:35 ███
  ███   9.  Yara's Blues                                4:15 ███
  ███   10. Sona Moyo                                   4:56 ███
  ███   11. Camer Secrets                               4:47 ███
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                ██▓   Widely known in jazz circles for his virtuosity on   ▓██
                ██▓   the bass, relatively little attention has been paid  ▓██
                ██▓   to Richard Bona's solo career. Pity, as his solo     ▓██
                ██▓   records are generally excellent. Bona's records      ▓██
                ██▓   have a style that can only be referred to as world   ▓██
                ██▓   music. Generally, that term is misused, but Bona     ▓██
                ██▓   truly takes his influences from all over the world.  ▓██
                ██▓   Sure, he's Cameroonian, and his heritage plays a     ▓██
                ██▓   large role. But one can also hear overt references   ▓██
                ██▓   to jazz, bluegrass, blues, European pop and much,    ▓██
                ██▓   much more in Bona's music. This adds a sense of      ▓██
                ██▓   unpredictability to his workùit's impossible to      ▓██
                ██▓   know what to expect and so just about anything is    ▓██
                ██▓   possible.                                            ▓██
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                ██▓   Bona's The Ten Shades of Blues continues in the      ▓██
                ██▓   same vein. There are references to India, Africa,    ▓██
                ██▓   and good ol' down home Americana, all interpreted    ▓██
                ██▓   with Bona's natural flair and effervescent smile.    ▓██
                ██▓   As on most of his other solo work, the               ▓██
                ██▓   multitalented Bona is everywhere and plays almost    ▓██
                ██▓   everything. The album opens with "Take One," a       ▓██
                ██▓   choral masterpieceùexcept all of the voices are      ▓██
                ██▓   Bona's. "Shiva Mantra" follows, and here Bona is     ▓██
                ██▓   credited with lead and background vocals, bass,      ▓██
                ██▓   keyboards, guitars and percussion. Somehow, on this  ▓██
                ██▓   track, Bona manages to be at the forefront of the    ▓██
                ██▓   background, keeping the music grounded in jazz and   ▓██
                ██▓   African traditions while being overtly Indian. It's  ▓██
                ██▓   Indian religious musicùwith a kickin' bass line.     ▓██
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                ██▓   The special guests on the album also leave their     ▓██
                ██▓   imprint. "Shiva Mantra" works due to the powerful    ▓██
                ██▓   vocals of Shankar Mahadevan (John McLaughlin's       ▓██
                ██▓   Remember Shakti) and Nandini Srikar, as well as      ▓██
                ██▓   Niladiri Kumar's tasteful sitar. "Good Times" is a   ▓██
                ██▓   showcase for R&B vocalist Frank McComb and           ▓██
                ██▓   harmonica master Gregoire Maret. Ryan Cavanaugh,     ▓██
                ██▓   Bona's compatriot in Bill Evans' Soulgrass           ▓██
                ██▓   ensemble, joins in on banjo along with fiddler       ▓██
                ██▓   Christian Howes on "African Cowboy," a rootsy        ▓██
                ██▓   bluesgrass me'lange.                                 ▓██
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                ██▓   "M'Bemba Mama" is a highlight. A simple ballad,      ▓██
                ██▓   Bona's light yet powerful voice fits perfectly,      ▓██
                ██▓   with Jean-Michel Pilc's piano and Sylvain Luc's      ▓██
                ██▓   guitars providing beautiful counterpoint. While      ▓██
                ██▓   lighthearted, "M'Bemba Mama" is bubbling with        ▓██
                ██▓   emotion. Bona's vocal incorporates just the          ▓██
                ██▓   slightest bit of longing while managing to stay      ▓██
                ██▓   positive.                                            ▓██
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                ██▓   Bona is certainly a talent deserving wider           ▓██
                ██▓   recognition. His considerable musicianship speaks    ▓██
                ██▓   for itself, and his passion for music is evident in  ▓██
                ██▓   all of his work, whether as a sideman or a leader.   ▓██
                ██▓   The Ten Shades of Blues continues his excellent      ▓██
                ██▓   solo work, joining the likes of Scenes from My Life  ▓██
                ██▓   and Tiki as essential.                               ▓██
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