Revisiting and Reinventing: Lionel Loueke and Portico Quartet

Rearrangements and self-remixes can have a checkered story, yet sometimes the right treatment can give something just as much of a fascinating life the second time around. Lionel Loueke (with Gilles Peterson) HH Reimagined Edition Records 2022 Reinvention is one of Lionel Loueke‘s specialties alreadyand#151;from solo or duo works to the Afro-jazz trio Gilfema, his voice (figurative and literal) transforms any source songs with frisky rhythm and joyous flavor… [ read more ]