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Lionel Loueke Trio: Half Moon Bay, CA, May 22, 2011
by Bill Leikam
Lionel Loueke TrioDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaMay 22, 2011 Knowing only that guitarist Lionel Loueke had an international reputation, expectations were put away, as we entered the concert curious to see and hear his unique trio. Born in the West African country of Benin, Loueke was accompanied by his ...
Omar Sosa Afri-lectric Quintet: New York, May 5, 2011
by Dan Bilawsky
Omar Sosa Afri-lectric QuintetBlue NoteNew York, NYMay 5, 2011 Cuban-born/Barcelona-based Omar Sosa doesn't simply perform for an audience when he brings his music to a club. He conjures musical spirits and creates a magical realm, unlike any other. The pianist fuses the most ancient and modern ideals imaginable into a ...
Lionel Loueke: Mwaliko
by AAJ Italy Staff
Decisamente esile la proposta del beniniano Lionel Loueke (già sodale di Terence Blanchard e Herbie Hancock, fra gli altri) così come ci giunge da questo Mwaliko (in swahili “invito"), pur in possesso di un suo aplomb, una sua coerenza, che di fatto coincidono però con un gusto reiterato per l'effimero, l'ornamentale, l'(artisticamente) impalpabile.La modesta ...
NYU Jazz Interview Series: Lionel Loueke
Seemingly shy and gentle were my first impressions of Lionel Loueke. I found him to be somewhat reserved but brimming with great curiosity and genuine thirst for music and self expression. Lionel entered the international jazz arena only a few years ago as a student at the Monk Institute, mentored by the likes of Herbie Hancock ...
54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival September 16 - 18
The 54th Monterey Jazz Festival, three-time winner of the JazzTimes Readers poll for “World's Best Jazz Festival" takes place September 16 to September 18 at the Monterey Fairgrounds, home to the Festival for 54 consecutive years. Described as “a cultural colossus" by the San Jose Mercury News and “a mecca for true jazz fans" by the ...
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Announces Star-Studded 2011 Lineup
Saratoga Springs, NY (February 10, 2011)—The Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, one of the most celebrated and longest-running jazz events in the world, marks its 34th year at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, June 25 and 26, with a dynamic lineup of more than 20 acclaimed artists and ensembles on two stages. Highlights include festival debuts by Michael ...
Michel Portal: Bailador
by Charles Walker
For all the lip service paid to the idea of jazz as a universal language, the modern performing landscape is still, by and large, segregated into separate continental categories, each with a host of attendant stereotypes. For every Randy Weston or David Murray, musicians who have made studious efforts at cross-border communication, there are dozens of ...
Mwaliko
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Ami O; Griot; Twins; Wishes; Flying; Intro to L.L.; L.L.; Nefertiti; Vi Ma Yon; Shazoo; Dangbe; Hide Life.
Javier Vercher: Wish You Were Here
by Enrique Turpin
Poco importa que Javier Vercher sea madrileño de nacimiento y valenciano de adopción. Defender un origen geográfico sólo tiene sentido si se está dispuesto a morir por él, y no creo que sea el caso del saxofonista, que bien pronto entendió que las fronteras que cabe preservar con la firmeza de las pasiones tienen que ver ...
African Jazz Guitarist Lionel Loueke Performs at UMass/Amherst on October 7
Lionel Loueke, one of the most innovative new guitarists on the jazz scene today, is performing with his Trio at Bower Auditorium at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on Thursday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. Born in Benin, West Africa, Loueke was named Up and Coming Jazz Musician of the Year by the Jazz Journalists ...
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