Loueke is one of the most distinctive artists on the world-music scene. Loueke gets African-style rhythms going, tapping on his guitar and using... Lionel Loueke Trio On JazzSet Lionel Loueke was born ...

A Deluxe Digital Edition Reissue Of The Debut Album From The Internationally Acclaimed Vocalist And Guitarist Featuring Guest Performances by Herbie Hancock, Gretchen Parlato and Cyro Baptista Plus ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Lionel and Raul will close each night together demonstrating their creative ...

Born in Benin, a small country of west Africa, Lionel first picked up percussion instruments before choosing guitar at the age of 17. In 1990, he moved to Ivory Coast for a general musical training in ...

Lionel Loueke is a jazz guitarist and vocalist. But if you've never heard him, his music sounds nothing like the work of the crooning strummer that description conjures. His is a dialect that speaks ...

The American singer and Benin guitarist join forces on a languid mix of bossa nova, power ballads – and Foo Fighters Gretchen Parlato’s previous album, 2021’s Flor, saw her widely acclaimed as the ...

When Lionel Loueke and his trio auditioned for the Thelonious Monk Institute’s jazz-training program in 2001, they faced a daunting phalanx of judges: trumpeter Terence Blanchard, saxophonist Wayne ...

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts opens the 2014-15 Jazz series with the Lionel Loueke Trio featuring Lionel Loueke, voice and guitar, Ferenc Nemeth, drums, and Massimo Biolcati ...

Vocalist and composer Gretchen Parlato has one of the most unique styles in jazz. Rather than routinely singing over her backing band, she peppers her gentle crooning with percussive vocalese and ...

Lionel Loueke was born in Benin, West Africa, in 1973. As a youngster, he sang and played percussion, but didn't really take up the guitar until the age of 17. Loueke was so gifted on the instrument ...