Lionel Loueke

Recording artists carries the awesome responsibility of translating the range of human experience through their gift of song. They must act as the voices of the voiceless. Esperanza Spalding, a Grammy winning bassist/vocalist has fulfilled that responsibility by writing observant lyrics over her vibrant melodies. Like so many others before …

Lionel Loueke Humility is a characteristic few are graced to possess, especially in the music industry where recognition and praise often morphs into the type of self-adulation that can often taint the purity of the music. And when you can call Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Terrence Blanchard mentors, staying …

  September has been an auspicious month for New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club. It played host to Chick Corea & Gary Burton, Stanley Clarke & Hiromi, The Brecker Brothers and Roy Ayers! This saturation of renowned dates was kicked off by an equally formidable artist. Fatefully, from Sept. 4-6, …