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Herbie Hancock calls him “fearless.” The New York Times hails him as jazz’s “gentle virtuoso.” A jazz guitarist unlike any other, Lionel Loueke melds jazz’s complex time signatures with traditional West African sounds influenced by his childhood in Benin and early musical education in Ivory Coast, all underscored by his trademark gentleness and poetic melodies.