Lionel Loueke: Heritage – review

(Blue Note)There's more to this world-jazz encounter between African and American sounds than its melliflously ethereal, borderline-smooth vocals first suggest. Beninese guitarist/vocalist Loueke (pictured) has established a unique identity (one that endeared him to Herbie Hancock) from overdubbed creations of evocative African-choral textures spliced with a guitar sound that joins the jazz styles of Pat Metheny or John Scofield to the flowing phrasing of a kora. This set features plenty of all ...

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