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Meet Ola Onabulé

By Cheryl K. | Situation Fluxus
July 29, 2025
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In this hour, an interview with British-Nigerian singer-songwriter Ola Onabulé and his Rugged Ram Records release Proof of Life. Also, cuts from new releases by trombonist and composer John Yao and His 17-Piece Instrument, singer-songwriter Paloma Dineli Chesky and guitarist Toby Wren's Standards Trio.

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John Yao

trombone
b.1977

" data-original-title="" title="">John Yao and His 17-Piece Instrument "The Other Way" from Points in Time (See Tao Recordings) 4:57

Michael Buckley

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Buckley "Sloppy in Time" from EBB and FLOW (Livia) 6:16

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Ola Onabule

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Ola Onabule "Scoops" from Proof of Life (Rugged Ram) 6:14

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Ola Onabule

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Ola Onabule "Future Past" from Proof of Life (Rugged Ram) 5:45

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Ola Onabule

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Ola Onabule "Rio De Janeiro" from Proof of Life (Rugged Ram) 5:21

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Ola Onabule

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Ola Onabule "Sorry in The Morning" from Proof of Life (Rugged Ram) 7:13

Paloma Dineli Chesky

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Paloma Dineli Chesky "Sober Now" from Memory (The Audiophile Society ) 4:43

Kathy Sanborn

composer / conductor

" data-original-title="" title="">Kathy Sanborn "Sonrisa" from Romance Language (Pacific Coast Jazz) 3:37

Allan Harris

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Allan Harris "Shallow Man/"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night"" from The Poetry of Jazz: Live at Blue LLama (Blue Llama) 6:31

Toby Wren

guitar
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Toby Wren Standards Trio "I Could Write a Book" from Live at JMI (4000) 8:18

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