Results for "Qwest Records"
Heritage

By Richard Bona
Label: Qwest Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Aka Lingala Te; Bilongo; Matanga; Jokoh Jokoh; Cubaneando; esse we Ya
Monique; Santa Clara Con Montuno; Ngul Mekon; Muntula Moto; Eva;
Kivo; Kwa Singa.
Richard Bona: Heritage

by James Nadal
The roots of Afro-Cuban music can be traced to its primordial source in the West African Mandika Empire (Mali) of the 15th century. Heritage is a collaboration of Cameroonian bassist Richard Bona with the Mandekan Cubano ensemble in a musical exploration of two cultures with the common bond of Africa as a point of origin and ...
Milt Jackson meets the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra: Explosive!

by Jim Santella
Vibraphonist Milt Jackson, 76, formed the roots of the Modern Jazz Quartet almost fifty years ago. That same lyrical quality that drives the MJQ stands before the fourteen-year-old Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, sharing, blending, and coaxing the melodies out of his vibraphone’s metal bars. The microphones are set up so that the listener has the same opportunity ...