Etienne Mbappé (RC), Special Providence

Etienne Mbappe, bass player from Cameroon plays in black silk handgloves. He is very often compared to Richard Bona and has played with world artists like Ray Charles, Salif Keita, Manu Dibango, Zawinul, Steps Ahead and also the Parisian fusion band Ultramarine, before crearing his own band, that features a beautiful mix of fusion, funk and jazz elements with Cameroonian roots and also influences from classical music, afropop. The support act of Special Providence brings a warm and beautifully improvised jazz.