The Ten Shades of Blues

The Ten Shades of Blues
Studio album by
Richard Bona
ReleasedOctober 19, 2009
GenreJazz, blues, world music
LabelUniversal Music Jazz France
Richard Bona chronology
Bona Makes You Sweat
(2008) 		The Ten Shades of Blues
(2009) 		Bonafied
(2013)

The Ten Shades of Blues is the fifth solo studio album by Cameroonian jazz bassist and musician Richard Bona. It was released on October 19, 2009 through Universal Music Jazz France.[1] The album has charted in France and the Netherlands.

Album theme

I like each of my albums to have a theme, a project behind it. This time I chose the blues. I look at the blues from the universal angle: you can find it in Africa, in America and in India. People put a style to it, a style with guitar and vocals. But I see it first as a scale, one that’s present in different traditions and expressions in music. Ten Shades of Blues means ten nuances, ten different ways of playing the blues.

— Richard Bona[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Richard Bona, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take One" 0:53
2."Shiva Mantra" 5:47
3."Good Times"Richard Bona, Frank McComb4:31
4."M'Bemba Mama" 4:04
5."Kurumalete" 5:02
6."Souleymane" 4:58
7."African Cowboy" 5:05
8."Esukudu" 4:35
9."Yara's Blues"Richard Bona, Morley Kamen4:15
10."Sona Moyo" 4:56
11."Camer Secrets" 4:47

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[3]

  • Richard Bona – vocals, backing vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, mandolin, drums, percussion, production, engineering, sampling

Chart performance

Chart (2009) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[4] 116
Netherlands (MegaCharts)[5] 49

References

  1. ^ "The Ten Shades of Blues by Richard Bona". iTunes. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "The Ten Shades of Blues". bonamusic.com. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "The Ten Shades of Blues - Richard Bona | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  4. ^ "LesCharts.com - Discographie Richard Bona" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  5. ^ "DutchCharts.nl - Discografie Richard Bona" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 1, 2013.