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