Lionel Loueke: Virgin Forest

Lionel Loueke: Virgin Forest
2007 | Jazz/Latin/World | MP3 | 256kbps | 148Mb

Guitarist/singer Lionel Loueke’s Virgin Forest blends West African rhythms with standard jazz idioms,
boiling down the music to its soul-catching essentials. Loueke sings and scats in Fon and Mina, languages
from Benin and Mali, and his vocals and guitar playing are so seductive that one doesn’t need to understand
either to be drawn in.
Lionel Loueke: vocals, guitars, percussion;
Herbie Hancock: piano (9, 16);
Cyro Baptista: percussion (2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 13);
Gretchen Parlato: vocals (2, 4, 5, 12, 18);
Grégoire Maret: harmonica (track 15);
Massimo Biolcati: bass (2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 14, 15, 18);
Ferenc Nemeth: drums, percussion (8, 14, 15, 18);
West African percussion ensemble lead by the Raimi Brothers and the Tessi brothers (1, 3, 11, 17).

Track listing:
1.Prelude to Rossignol
2.Rossignol
3.Prelude to Vivi
4.Vivi
5.Kponnon Kpété
6.Postlude to Kponnon Kpété
7.Prelude to Abominwé
8.Abominwé
9.Le Réveil des Agneaux
10.Danse des Animaux
11.Prelude to Madjigua
12.Madjigua
13.Dispute des Loups
14.Benny's Tune
15.Moesha I
16.La Poursuite du Lion
17.Prelude to Virgin Forest
18.Virgin Forest

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