THE ALBUMS The Other Albums
Nguyên Lê electric guitar, laptop, arrangements
Youn Sun Nah vocals
Jürgen Attig electric fretless bass
Gary Husband drums
The NDR Bigband conducted by Jörg Achim Keller
Michael Gibbs, arrangements and orchestration
The band
Nguyên Lê guitars, saz, computer
Illya Amar vibraphone, marimba, electronics
Linley Marthe electric bass & vocals
Stéphane Galland drums
The guests
Ousman Danedjo, David Linx, Youn Sun Nah, Himiko Paganotti, Julia Sarr, Dhafer Youssef : vocals
Guo Gan erhu (chinese violin)
David Binney alto sax, Chris Speed clarinet
Prabhu Edouard, Stéphane Edouard, Keyvan Chemirani : percussions
Karim Ziad : drums (Sunshine of your Love) & perc
Miracles (1989) Musidisc (2005) Universal 983 881-9
Zanzibar (1992) Musidisc (2005) Universal 983 882-0
Million waves (1995) ACT 9221-2
Tales from viêt-nam (1996) ACT 9225-2
Three Trios (1997) ACT 9245-2
Maghreb & Friends (1998) ACT 9261-2
Bakida (2000) ACT 9275-2
Purple celebrating jimi hendrix (2002) ACT 9410-2
walking on the tiger’s tail (2005) ACT 9432-2
HOMESCAPE
Nguyên Lê duos with Paolo Fresu and Dhafer Youssef (2006) ACT 9444-2
Nguyên LE el. & ac. guitars, gt synth, synth programming & sequencing
Art LANDE piano, thumb piano
Paul McCANDLESS soprano saxophone, oboe, english horn, bass clarinet
Dean JOHNSON acoustic bass
Joel ALLOUCHE drums, percussion
Nguyên Lê, electric guitar, guitar-synthesizer, E-bow
Dieter Ilg, acoustic bass, mouth jive
Danny Gottlieb, drums & percussion
Nguyên LE el. & ac. guitars, gt-synth (4), dan tranh (7), synth progr. (2,4,6,10,11)
Art LANDE piano
Marc JOHNSON acoustic bass
Peter ERSKINE drums and percussion
SILK (1,4,9,10)
Peter Erskine drums
Marc Johnson acoustic bass
Nguyên Lê el. & el./acoustic guitars, gtr-synth.
SILVER (2,6,7,11)
Danny Gottlieb drums, vocals
Dieter Ilg acoustic bass
Nguyên Lê el. guitar, gtr-synth.
SAND (3,5,8)
Mino Cinelu percussions, drums
Renaud Garçia Fons acoustic bass
Nguyên Lê el. & fretless guitars, gtr-synth., E-Bow
Nguyên Lê el. & ac. guitars, fretless bass, vietnamese zither, computer & synths
Karim Ziad drums, gumbri, perc & vocals
Michel Alibo electric bass
Bojan Zulfikarpasic acoustic piano
B’net Houariyat : Zahra Bani, Kadija Haliba, Malika Rhami, Saïda Madrani, Halima Zaiter
vocals & perc (taarijet, bendir, naakkous, tar)
Wolfgang Puschnig alto sax
Paolo Fresu trumpet
Alain Debiossat soprano sax
Stefano Di Battista alto & soprano sax
Mokhtar Samba drums
Cheb Mami accordion-synth
Djemaï Abdenour mandola, algerian banjo
Mejdoub Ftati violin
Aziz Sahmaoui vocals
Mohamed Menni vocals, perc (taarijet, bendir, derbuka)
Mehdi Askeur vocals
Huong Thanh vietnamese vocals
Hao Nhien vietnamese flute
Gaëlle Hervé vocals
Marielle Hervé vocals
Jean Jacques Avenel kora
Aly Wagué african Peul flute & vocals
The Trio :
Nguyên Lê Vietnam/France
Renaud Garcia Fons Spain/France
Tino di Geraldo Spain
The Guests :
Carles Benavent Spain electric 5 string bass (Encanto, Heaven)
Karim Ziad Algeria gumbri, karkabous, bendir, tarija, vocals (Lü)
Hao Nhien Vietnam meo & sao flutes, vocals (Lü)
Paolo Fresu Italy trumpet & flugelhorn (Lü)
Kudsi Ergüner Turkey ney flute (Dding Dek)
Jon Balke Norway piano (Romanichel)
Chris Potter USA tenor saxophone (Chinoir, Madal)
Illya Amar France marimba, tuned gongs (Dding Dek)
Nguyên Lê guitars, guitar-synth (1, 5, 8, 10), programmed synths (3, 7)
Michel Alibo electric bass (except 3 & 7)
Terri Lyne Carrington drums (all) & vocals (1, 4, 5, 6, 9)
Aïda Khann vocals (2, 6, 7)
Corin Curschellas vocals (3, 10)
Meshell Ndegeocello electric bass (3, 7)
Karim Ziad gumbri & north african percussions (7)
Bojan Zulfikarpasic acoustic piano (1) & Fender Rhodes piano (6, 9)
Nguyên Lê electric & electroacoustic guitars, electronics)
Art Lande piano
Paul McCandless tenor, soprano & sopranino sax, oboe, english horn, bass clarinet
Jamey Haddad drums & percussions
Nguyên Lê
Paolo Fresu
Dhafer Youssef
electric, acoustic, fretless, synthesizer, e-bow, vietnamese guitars, computer programming & electronics
trumpet, flugelhorn & electronics
oud, vocals & electronics
electric, acoustic & electroacoustic guitars, computer editing, programmed synths, mandolin & bendir (#9)
acoustic 5 string bass
drums & percussions (pandeiros, tablas, cajon, palmas)
for more infos click on the cover
el., ac. & fretless guitars, guitar-synth., computer & synths
vocals
zither (dan tranh), dan bau, sao flute, sapek clappers
trumpet, flugelhorn
saxophones; concert, bass & african flute
acoustic bass
percussions, marimba, keyboards, piano
drums (on 1,2,6,10)
drums, percussions (on 2,3,4,11)
drums, percussions (on 5,8)
moon lute (dan nguyêt) (on 3)
Nguyên Lê
Huong Thanh
Hao Nhien
Paolo Fresu
Simon Spang Hansen
Michel Benita
François Verly
Joël Allouche
Steve Argüelles
guests :
Trilok Gurtu
Thai An
SAIYUKI
Nguyên Lê’s Asian trio (2009) ACT 9483-2
Nguyên Lê (Vietnam)
Mieko Miyazaki (Japan)
Prabhu Edouard (India)
special guest
Hariprasad Chaurasia
guitars, electronics
koto, shamisen, vocals
tablas, percussions, vocals
bansuri flute
SIGNATURE EDITION (2010) ACT 6004-2
Nguyên Lê’s personal compilation of 20 years of music creation
Double CD including 24 pieces from the following albums :
Saiyuki (2009) with one unreleased track
Blauklang - Vince Mendoza (2008)
Fragile Beauty (2008)
Dream Flight - ELB (2008)
Homescape (2006) with one unreleased track
Walking on the Tiger’s Tail (2005)
Mangustao - Huong Thanh (2004)
Purple (2002)
ELB (2001)
Bakida (2000)
Maghreb & Friends (1998)
Three Trios (1997)
Tales from Viêt-Nam (1996)
Zanzibar (1992)
Miracles (1991)
Dé - Ultramarine (1989)
SONGS OF FREEDOM
Exotic Eccentric versions of Pop Hits from the 70’s (2011) ACT 9506-2
CELEBRATING THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
A Bigband new look over Pink Floyd’s mythic album (2014) ACT 9574-2
HA NOI DUO
Vietnam, roots to future, local to global (2017) ACT 9828-2
Nguyên Lê electric & acoutic guitar, laptop, arrangements
Ngo Hong Quang voc, traditional instruments
guests
Paolo Fresu trumpet & flugelhorn
Mieko Miyazaki koto
Prabhu Edouard tablas
Stephane Edouard perc
Alex Tran cajon