Lionel Loueke at Nighttown

From Benin, West Africa/NYC!
World Class Guitarist and Vocalist from the Bands of Herbie Hancock and Terence Blanchard plays a Special Solo Show live at Nightttown!
Playing Music from his new CD "The Journey".
On Nighttown's Secret GardenPatio. Only 60 tickets available!Tickets will go fast!

Originally from the small West African nation of Benin, guitarist Lionel Loueke has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past ten years.

Lionel Loueke picked up the guitar late, at age 17. After his initial to exposure to jazz in Benin, he left to attend the National Institute of Art in nearby Ivory Coast. In 1994 he left Africa to pursue jazz studies at the American School of Modern Music in Paris, then went to the U.S. on a scholarship to Berklee College of Music. From there, Loueke gained acceptance to the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, where ...

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From Benin, West Africa/NYC!
World Class Guitarist and Vocalist from the Bands of Herbie Hancock and Terence Blanchard plays a Special Solo Show live at Nightttown!
Playing Music from his new CD "The Journey".
On Nighttown's Secret GardenPatio. Only 60 tickets available!Tickets will go fast!

Originally from the small West African nation of Benin, guitarist Lionel Loueke has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past ten years.

Lionel Loueke picked up the guitar late, at age 17. After his initial to exposure to jazz in Benin, he left to attend the National Institute of Art in nearby Ivory Coast. In 1994 he left Africa to pursue jazz studies at the American School of Modern Music in Paris, then went to the U.S. on a scholarship to Berklee College of Music. From there, Loueke gained acceptance to the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, where

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