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Overseas

Nguyên Lê

Overseas

Format: CD
Label: ACT music
UPC: 0614427987426
Catnr: ACT 98742
Release date: 01 November 2019
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Label
ACT music
UPC
0614427987426
Catalogue number
ACT 98742
Release date
01 November 2019

"Fascinating new album Nguyên Lê with spectacular guitar work."

Gitarist, 25-3-2020
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About the album

"Overseas" stems from an interdisciplinary performance project combining dance, acrobatics and music by the “Cirque-Nouveau”. Nguyên Lê has written the music, a mix of jazz, traditional Vietnamese music and hip-hop; "Overseas", from ACT is the soundtrack for this compelling vision of change and flux.

Artist(s)

Nguyên Lê (guitar)

'Nobody plays guitar like him,' wrote the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper about Nguyên Lê; the very first exclusive ACT artist ever. Born of Vietnamese parents in Paris in 1959, Nguyên Lê is one of the most versatile and independent guitarists in the world – going far beyond the bounds of jazz music and shaped by the most varied of influences such as Asian music, modern jazz, fusion or classic rock. Gitarist Ngyuên Lê is a very particular jazz musician for a number of reasons: Even though he lives in Paris where he was born in 1959, he feels very connected to the cultural background of his Vietnamese family. He furthermore is self taught and just started to play the drums by...
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"Nobody plays guitar like him," wrote the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper about Nguyên Lê; the very first exclusive ACT artist ever. Born of Vietnamese parents in Paris in 1959, Nguyên Lê is one of the most versatile and independent guitarists in the world – going far beyond the bounds of jazz music and shaped by the most varied of influences such as Asian music, modern jazz, fusion or classic rock.
Gitarist Ngyuên Lê is a very particular jazz musician for a number of reasons: Even though he lives in Paris where he was born in 1959, he feels very connected to the cultural background of his Vietnamese family. He furthermore is self taught and just started to play the drums by the age of 15, but soon switched to the guitar.
He entered the music business in 1983 playing with the Afro-Caribbean band “Ultramarin“. His impressive career really kicked off after joining the French “Orchestre National du Jazz” in 1987. Already his first solo albums – released at the beginning of the 90es – attracted a large and still growing audience.
Lê had his German debut in collaboration with the Jazzpãna-Ensemble in 1993. It was exceedingly well received by critics and fans. Newspaper “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung“ was even raving about his playing: „There is no other human playing the guitar like Lê!“. ACT-boss Siggi Loch just felt the same and Nguyên Lê became his label’s first exclusive artist.
To this day, Lê released no less than 12 albums on ACT. He has played with almost every important and famous European or American jazz artist. He is a regular guest to WDR Big Band and has founded several bands and ensembles, whereof trio E_L_B (with Peter Erskine und Michel Benita) and Lê’s “Jimi Hendrix Project” are the most successful and well-known.

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Cuong Vu (trumpet)

Chris Minh Doky (double bass)

Illya Amar (vibraphone)

Trung Bao (vocals)

Alex Tran (drums)

Lê Thi Van Mai (percussion)

Minh Dàn Môi (percussion)

Composer(s)

Nguyên Lê (guitar)

'Nobody plays guitar like him,' wrote the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper about Nguyên Lê; the very first exclusive ACT artist ever. Born of Vietnamese parents in Paris in 1959, Nguyên Lê is one of the most versatile and independent guitarists in the world – going far beyond the bounds of jazz music and shaped by the most varied of influences such as Asian music, modern jazz, fusion or classic rock. Gitarist Ngyuên Lê is a very particular jazz musician for a number of reasons: Even though he lives in Paris where he was born in 1959, he feels very connected to the cultural background of his Vietnamese family. He furthermore is self taught and just started to play the drums by...
more
"Nobody plays guitar like him," wrote the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper about Nguyên Lê; the very first exclusive ACT artist ever. Born of Vietnamese parents in Paris in 1959, Nguyên Lê is one of the most versatile and independent guitarists in the world – going far beyond the bounds of jazz music and shaped by the most varied of influences such as Asian music, modern jazz, fusion or classic rock.
Gitarist Ngyuên Lê is a very particular jazz musician for a number of reasons: Even though he lives in Paris where he was born in 1959, he feels very connected to the cultural background of his Vietnamese family. He furthermore is self taught and just started to play the drums by the age of 15, but soon switched to the guitar.
He entered the music business in 1983 playing with the Afro-Caribbean band “Ultramarin“. His impressive career really kicked off after joining the French “Orchestre National du Jazz” in 1987. Already his first solo albums – released at the beginning of the 90es – attracted a large and still growing audience.
Lê had his German debut in collaboration with the Jazzpãna-Ensemble in 1993. It was exceedingly well received by critics and fans. Newspaper “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung“ was even raving about his playing: „There is no other human playing the guitar like Lê!“. ACT-boss Siggi Loch just felt the same and Nguyên Lê became his label’s first exclusive artist.
To this day, Lê released no less than 12 albums on ACT. He has played with almost every important and famous European or American jazz artist. He is a regular guest to WDR Big Band and has founded several bands and ensembles, whereof trio E_L_B (with Peter Erskine und Michel Benita) and Lê’s “Jimi Hendrix Project” are the most successful and well-known.

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Fascinating new album Nguyên Lê with spectacular guitar work.
Gitarist, 25-3-2020

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01.
Noon Moon
05:35
(Nguyên Lê) Cuong Vu, Nguyên Lê, Minh Dàn Môi, Lê Thi Van Mai, Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Trung Bao, Alex Tran, Illya Amar, Ngô Hồng Quang, Chris Minh Doky
02.
People Of The Waterfalls
05:42
(Nguyên Lê) Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Lê Thi Van Mai, Alex Tran, Trung Bao, Ngô Hồng Quang, Illya Amar, Nguyên Lê, Cuong Vu, Chris Minh Doky, Minh Dàn Môi
03.
The Offering
05:49
(Nguyên Lê) Minh Dàn Môi, Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Lê Thi Van Mai, Alex Tran, Trung Bao, Ngô Hồng Quang, Illya Amar, Chris Minh Doky, Cuong Vu, Nguyên Lê
04.
Tribal Symmetry
03:34
(Nguyên Lê) Minh Dàn Môi, Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Lê Thi Van Mai, Alex Tran, Trung Bao, Ngô Hồng Quang, Illya Amar, Chris Minh Doky, Cuong Vu, Nguyên Lê
05.
Overseas Suite: Origin
02:57
(Nguyên Lê) Minh Dàn Môi, Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Lê Thi Van Mai, Alex Tran, Trung Bao, Ngô Hồng Quang, Illya Amar, Chris Minh Doky, Cuong Vu, Nguyên Lê
06.
Overseas Suite: The Quest
02:31
(Nguyên Lê) Minh Dàn Môi, Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Lê Thi Van Mai, Alex Tran, Trung Bao, Ngô Hồng Quang, Illya Amar, Chris Minh Doky, Cuong Vu, Nguyên Lê
07.
Overseas Suite: Square Earth
03:40
(Nguyên Lê) Nguyên Lê, Cuong Vu, Chris Minh Doky, Illya Amar, Ngô Hồng Quang, Trung Bao, Alex Tran, Lê Thi Van Mai, Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Minh Dàn Môi
08.
Overseas Suite: A?u Co, The Mountain Fairy
03:15
(Nguyên Lê) Nguyên Lê, Cuong Vu, Chris Minh Doky, Illya Amar, Ngô Hồng Quang, Trung Bao, Alex Tran, Lê Thi Van Mai, Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Minh Dàn Môi
09.
Overseas Suite: Beat Rice Box
03:35
(Nguyên Lê) Nguyên Lê, Cuong Vu, Chris Minh Doky, Illya Amar, Ngô Hồng Quang, Trung Bao, Alex Tran, Lê Thi Van Mai, Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Minh Dàn Môi
10.
Overseas Suite: In The Warm Rain
03:30
(Nguyên Lê) Nguyên Lê, Cuong Vu, Chris Minh Doky, Illya Amar, Ngô Hồng Quang, Trung Bao, Alex Tran, Lê Thi Van Mai, Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Minh Dàn Môi
11.
Overseas Suite: Year Of The Dog
02:33
(Nguyên Lê) Nguyên Lê, Cuong Vu, Chris Minh Doky, Illya Amar, Ngô Hồng Quang, Trung Bao, Alex Tran, Lê Thi Van Mai, Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Minh Dàn Môi
12.
Mother Goddess: Yellow Earth
03:57
(Nguyên Lê) Nguyên Lê, Cuong Vu, Chris Minh Doky, Illya Amar, Ngô Hồng Quang, Trung Bao, Alex Tran, Lê Thi Van Mai, Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Minh Dàn Môi
13.
Mother Goddess: Red Sky
03:47
(Nguyên Lê) Nguyên Lê, Cuong Vu, Chris Minh Doky, Illya Amar, Ngô Hồng Quang, Trung Bao, Alex Tran, Lê Thi Van Mai, Nguyên Hoàng Anh, Minh Dàn Môi
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