Smooth FM Jazz Festival
Radio station
Smooth FM is set to regale music Nigerian lovers in its upcoming Jazz
festival, holding in Lagos on November 12. Tagged ‘Love Music, Love
Life’, the festival will showcase an impressive line-up of Nigerian and
international musicians.
African American
soul singer and songwriter Angie Stone of ‘Mahogany Soul’ fame and Jazz
Saxophonist Gerald Albright will be performing alongside Nigerian
musicians Bez, Tiwa Savage, Pure and Simple, and others.
A major highlight
of the festival is the inclusion of Richard Bona, who will be jamming
on the same stage with Jazz guitarist, Mike Stern. Born Bona Pinder
Yayumayalolo, Richard Bona has performed alongside the likes of Manu
Dibango, Salif Keita, Jacques Higelin and Didier Lockwood.
A rising star of
the international music circuit with appearances on many continents,
Bona was born in 1967 in Cameroun into a family of griots and singers.
He lived in Germany and France before settling in New York; and met
Mike Stern when he relocated to the United States and did some musical
stints with him.
The Camerounian has four albums under his belt and has collaborated
with Harry Belafonte and John Legend. The Smooth FM Festival will hold
at the Expo Hall of the Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos on November
12.
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