Results for "Lionel Loueke"

Lionel Loueke: Karibu

by Joel Roberts
May 5, 2008

Guitarist/singer Lionel Loueke's remarkable odyssey from the West African nation of Benin to the apex of the jazz world is quickly becoming the stuff of legend. After hearing a George Benson CD as a teenager, Loueke became enamored with American jazz and began traversing the globe to further his musical education, first in the neighboring Ivory ...

Lionel Loueke on Yahoo! Music Live Set w/ Herbie Hancock

April 3, 2008

Click here now to check out Lionel Loueke on Yahoo! Music Live Set with Herbie Hancock! Louekes story begins in Benin, a small country in West Africa, where he was born to parents that he describes as intellectual, adding that music was part of everyday life, but not in the family. Fortunately an older brother played guitar ...

Lionel Loueke: Karibu

by John Eyles
March 30, 2008

Guitarist Lionel Loueke, from Benin, has enjoyed a steadily rising profile since arriving in the USA in 1999. Karibu is his fifth album as a leader, his first for a major label. When Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter endorse a rising star and then agree to be sidemen on his album, it is time to sit ...

Lionel Loueke: Karibu

by Mark F. Turner
March 20, 2008

With an emotive sound that is rooted in his homeland of Benin, Africa, guitarist Lionel Loueke is having a positive impact on the current jazz environment. His Blue Note debut, Karibu (from a Swahili word meaning “welcome"), is an appropriate invitation to his unique appeal which includes virtuoso guitar playing and vocals in his native language. ...

Lionel Loueke Releases "Karibu" Featuring Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter

February 21, 2008

LIONEL LOUEKE MAKES BLUE NOTE DEBUT WITH MARCH 25th RELEASE OF KARIBU FEATURING HERBIE HANCOCK & WAYNE SHORTER LOUEKE FEATURED ON HANCOCK'S GRAMMY-WINNING ALBUM RIVER: THE JONI LETTERS; MAKES TV APPEARENCES WITH HANCOCK ON THE VIEW & THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO On March 25, guitarist Lionel Loueke ...

Maiden Voyage: Loueke Meets His Idols on Blue Note Debut (Billboard)

February 12, 2008

Lionel Loueke Interview on WBGO.org

January 16, 2008

Blue Note Records Announces the March 25th Release of Lionel Loueke - Karibu

January 7, 2008

KARIBU is the stunning Blue Note debut from guitarist & vocalist Lionel Loueke. One of the most creative new voices in Jazz today, Loueke's star is on the rise. Born in Benin, West Africa, Loueke possess an instantly recognizable sound that blends his African roots with a modern Jazz concept that he's honed while performing with ...

Virgin Forest

By Lionel Loueke

Label: ObliqSound
Released: 2007
Track listing: Prelude to Rossignol; Rossignol; Prelude to Vivi; Vivi; Kponnon Kp

River: The Joni Letters

By Herbie Hancock

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2007
Track listing: Court and Spark; Edith and the Kingpin; Both Sides Now; River; Sweet Bird; Tea Leaf Propechy; Solitude; Amelia; Nefertiti; The Jungle Line.