Richard Bona – Mayami (My Miami) Ft. Ellene Masri

Richard Bona links up with Ellene Masri for Mayami (My Miami), a sun soaked cross cultural record that fuses Afro-jazz warmth with Mediterranean flavour in a way that feels like a genuine musical vacation.

Mayami, My Miami glides on a breezy Latin tinged groove with lush instrumentation and vocal interplay between Bona and Masri that feels spontaneous and chemistry driven rather than arranged on paper. The production captures a coastal lightness throughout, making the listening experience feel wide open and colourful without ever sacrificing the musicianship that defines everything Bona puts his name on.

Richard Bona remains one of the most celebrated figures in world jazz, a Cameroonian artist whose bass playing and multilingual vocal style have earned him a place among the genre’s true internationalists with decades of acclaimed work behind him. Ellene Masri brings her own rich background in Arabic and Mediterranean music to this collaboration, and the pairing opens up a sound world that neither artist would arrive at alone.

This is the kind of record that makes a long drive feel shorter or a slow afternoon feel like it was designed specifically for moments like that one.

Listen and Enjoy!