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Richard bona was born in a little village in west africa. When he recovered, his grandfather, the village griot, showed him how to build his own instrument. Bassistmultiinstrumentalistvocalist richard bona has debuted scenes from my life for columbia jazz. A remarkable multiinstrumentalist talent with worldmusic leanings.
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