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Lionel Loueke Trio Takes Jazz into Whole New World
Lionel Loueke gave Hartford its first taste of his trailblazing guitar-led trio Sunday at Sweet Jane's. The West African native enraptured a standing-room-only audience by blending cutting-edge jazz with traditional and popular sounds from his homeland. “Karibu," the title tune from Loueke's new Blue Note release (which means welcome in Swahili), opened the first set in ...
Lionel Loueke Leads off Guitar Society's Jazz Series
Leading off this Sunday with Lionel Loueke, a phenomenal new voice on guitar, Connecticut Guitar Society (CGS) brings its dinner/concert “Summer Jazz Series" back for an encore season. Loueke, a West African protege of Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Terence Blanchard, serves his tangy mix of American jazz and traditional African music as he leads his ...
Lionel Loueke: Karibu
by Joel Roberts
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
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
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
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
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 ...
Blue Note Records Announces the March 25th Release of Lionel Loueke - Karibu
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 ...
