Making this new recording with Richard Bona, at the beginning of the year 2000, has been a blessing. It is my 61st album since 1961 and I have never before been so impressed with an artist's ease and natural ability creating music, as I've been witnessing Bona's work in this session. I have been searching for this kind of universal sound and rhythm since I first visited Africa in 1972. Bona is someone who we can truly call GIFTED. Thank you, Bona. - by Sadao Watanabe Sadao Watanabe (as,sn) , Richard Bona (b,g,per,vo) , George Whitty (p,key) , Jonathan Joseph (ds) , Mike Stern (g) , Cafe (per)