Lionel Loueke: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert From The Archives
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2020
- We've been filming Tiny Desk concerts for more than 10 years. While revisiting our archives, we discovered that some of our earliest concerts never made it to UA-cam!
Watch Lionel Loueke’s Tiny Desk concert from 2010: www.npr.org/2010/04/26/126159...
Patrick Jarenwattananon | April 26, 2010
Listen to any Lionel Loueke record long enough, and you'll wonder, "How did he make that noise?" The West African-born jazz guitarist has developed an extensive palette of sounds, experimenting with low tunings, fast finger techniques, nylon strings, acoustic and electric axes, even jamming paper in his strings. And he also sings - or, more accurately, vocalizes. The clicks, wet smacks, the singing-along-to-his-solos, even the spasmodic speaking-in-tongues exhortations; he says they just come naturally to him.
Naturally, when Loueke's trio came to Washington, D.C., earlier this year, we asked him to demonstrate his toolkit in a Tiny Desk Concert. The Tiny Desk is a pretty tiny desk, but it still felt a bit unfair to the rest of his band. The group is led by Loueke almost in name only; the drummer and bassist both compose for the group, and their input has shaped Loueke's language, even apart from the trio, for more than 10 years of playing together.
Luckily, the trio arrived at our cramped stage, whereupon drummer Ferenc Nemeth shrugged and declared, "Yeah, I'll play." I asked him whether I could get him a snare drum or cymbal stands or anything, and he waved me off, pulling out bells, bundle sticks and a little rig set up around a hand drum and a jangly tambourine. Game on.
Nemeth and Loueke treated us to impromptu duet versions of "Vi Ma Yon" - a traditional song that appears on Loueke's latest, Mwaliko - and another tune from the group's songbook, "Merci." (Their recording of Wayne Shorter's "Nefertiti," which doesn't appear on this page, will be available on A Blog Supreme this week.) Jammy and exploratory, it felt like jazz with West African accents - or was it West African music with jazz sensibilities? See and hear for yourself.
SET LIST
"Vi Ma Yon"
"Merci"
invite him again!! We need a new presentation of his recently launched album.
🇧🇯🇧🇯🇧🇯 thank you Lionel Loueke. We Beninese are proud of you
This is amazing, i love Tiny desk he represents the black culture like it should be represented KEEP IT UP
Wow! He slaps that E string like it's a bass!
my bro Ferech Nemeth on Drums
So good! Priceless early footage. Thanks for putting it out. The connection between musicians while performing is special, real & honest!
" Mr. Loueke and Ferech Nemec There The New Special Expressive Musician today ". .. Many Thank for Tiny Desk Stuff for This Event. .. So' Good ... ☺😊😀/💙💙💙/👍👌👏👋
Excuse me, gotta dance!!!
at least he doesnt need to worry about lyrics
Lionel thinks in unique ways about messages and music - sounds and shapes - of memories, feelings and of places.
Such incredible music evokes our minds to go back to the core of soulful music, the purity of rhythm.
That percussion and guitar skills are amazing!
Beautiful! So natural....early days. I love the conversation.
J'aime beaucoup. Il y a de bonnes vibrations par ici. Good.
I enjoyed this more than I expected to and gained a new artist to keep an eye on. Good stuff, thanks NPR!
badass. beautiful.I want that tone
excellent selection from the vault! hadn't been lucky enough to hear this one yet <3
Delightful! Great African Jazz
Always loved the sound of the deep African voice when it changes to a high inflection. Has a really pretty tone.
Brilliant choice 🌺🌺🌺