Hope (Lionel Loueke and Kevin Hays album)

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Hope
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Studio album by
Lionel Loueke and Kevin Hays
ReleasedJune 2017
Recorded6-7 September 2016
StudioEast Side Sound (NYC)
Genre Jazz
Length54:35
Label
Producer Elan Mehler, Jean-Christophe Morisseau
Lionel Loueke chronology
Gaïa
(2015)		Hope
(2017)		 Obsession
(2017)
Professional ratings
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Hope is a studio collaborative album by Beninese guitarist Lionel Loueke and American jazz pianist Kevin Hays. [5]

Contents

Background

The album was initially released as a vinyl pressing by Newvelle Records in Europe in 2017. Nonetheless, a slot with Edition Records offered both musiscians a chance to revisit the work and give it a wider release in 2019. [1]

Reception

Geno Thackara of All About Jazz wrote: "It would have been easy to leave well enough alone. Kevin Hays and Lionel Loueke made a delightful recording the first time around—a most happy clash of hemispheres blending urban jazz and world-folk balladry, crossing upbeat piano with lively scat-singing, frisky African rhythm play and much more." [1] Kevin Le Gendre of Jazzwise stated: "Established bandleaders and in-demand sidemen, pianist Hays and guitarist Loueke, make a formidable combination. They strike a good balance in terms of both the number of songs each contributes to this set and the solo space allocated on every piece, so that the performance feels like much more of a union than a negotiation for centre stage, as can sometimes be the case if the players are lacking real chemistry." [4]

Track listing

per release via Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Violeta"Hays5:09
2."Hope"Loueke6:11
3."Aziza Dance"Loueke4:48
4."Feuilles-O"Traditional5:23
5."Milton"Hays6:56
6."Twins"Loueke3:36
7."Veuve Mailenne"Loueke5:20
8."All I Have"Hays4:49
9."Ghana Boy"Loueke3:58
10."Loving You"Hays3:54
11."Sweet Caroline"Hays4:17
Total length:54:35

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 Thackara, Geno (23 August 2019). "Kevin Hays & Lionel Loueke: Hope album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz . Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Ham, Robert. "Kevin Hays & Lionel Loueke Hope (Edition)". DownBeat . Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Hobart, Mike. "Kevin Hays & Lionel Loueke: Hope — various strands woven into coherence". Financial Times . Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  4. 1 2 Le Gendre, Kevin. "Kevin Hays & Lionel Loueke: Hope". Jazzwise . Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Hope - Kevin Hays, Lionel Loueke | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 12 December 2025.
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