JFB 2023: Lionel Loueke & Friends

Guitarist Lionel Loueke arrives with the latest solo project inspired by the work of Herbie Hancock, to then play with his Czech friends - David Dorůžka, Luboš Soukup and Jiří Slavík.
Over the past two decades, Benin native Lionel Loueke has left a visible mark on the world music scene both with his own work and an unmissable role in the bands of jazz personalities such as Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard and Gretchen Parlato. Jazz Times magazine describes him as a musician "deeply respected by peers and older bandmates alike for his individuality, rhythmic ability and exhaustive harmonic knowledge, as well as his ability to sing in one meter and play in another, or the way he turns the guitar into a virtual Afro-Western orchestra." The leitmotif of Loueke's new solo album HH is the music of his mentor Herbie Hancock, with whom the African guitarist has been playing for over fifteen years. Loueke infused Hancock's hits and lesser-known compositions with his unmistakable sound. It is the repertoire from the new record that will show one of Loueke's many faces.