Lionel Loueke

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composer jazz guitarist person songwriter vocalist

Lionel Loueke is a Beninese-born jazz guitarist and vocalist known for blending West African rhythms with contemporary jazz improvisation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
jazz guitarist ⓘ
person ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
vocalist ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1990s ⓘ
associatedAct Gretchen Parlato NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert Glasper NERFINISHED ⓘ
Terence Blanchard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wayne Shorter NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1973-04-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Cotonou, Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ
debutAlbum In a Trance NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Berklee College of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Loueke NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Afro-jazz ⓘ
contemporary jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
world music ⓘ
givenName Lionel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticAbility English ⓘ
Fon ⓘ
French ⓘ
influencedBy Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ
West African traditional music ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
voice ⓘ
name Lionel Loueke NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor blending West African rhythms with jazz improvisation ⓘ
innovative guitar techniques ⓘ
use of vocal percussion and mouth clicks ⓘ
notableWork Gaïa NERFINISHED ⓘ
HH (dedicated to Herbie Hancock) ⓘ
Heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karibu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mwaliko NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virgin Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
vocalist ⓘ
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Edition Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
ObliqSound NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
style combination of fingerstyle and percussive guitar techniques ⓘ
integration of African polyrhythms into jazz harmony ⓘ
use of complex time signatures ⓘ
vocalStyle use of non-lexical syllables and clicks ⓘ
use of scat singing ⓘ
website http://www.lionelloueke.com/ ⓘ

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Same Mother → performer → Lionel Loueke ⓘ
album: Radio Music Society → featuresArtist → Lionel Loueke ⓘ
subject surface form: Radio Music Society