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Lionel Loueke Trio (benin/usa) at Bray Jazz Festival at Mermaid Arts Centre
Courtesy of Bray Jazz | Posted on March 17, 2017
Where
Mermaid Arts Centre
Bray Jazz Festival
Main Street, Co. Wicklow
Bray
Map
+353 1 272 4030
When
Fri, April 28, 2017
20:00
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Musicians
About
Lionel Loueke is a major guitar talent whose band fuse traditional West African music with modern jazz harmonies and power-trio rock to create a sound that is all their own.
Loueke’s selection to the all-star band to celebrate Blue Note’s 75th anniversary is testimony to the talent, as is his long-standing presence in the band of the legendary Herbie Hancock, who has described him simply as “a musical painter.”
Born in Benin in West Africa, Loueke attended the National Institute of Art in Ivory Coast before leaving Africa to pursue jazz studies at the American School of Modern Music in Paris, from where he earned a scholarship to Berklee College of Music. Later, his mentors at The Thelonious Monk Institute included Wayne Shorter and Hancock....