Touring Bands

MILLION WAVES Trio 1995 > 1997

Nguyên Lê, gtr

Dieter Ilg, ac. bass

Danny Gottlieb, drums

1995 jan tour

1995, feb tour

1996

1997 march tour : Kiel, Essen, Bielefeld, Koln, Karlsruhe, Mainz, Freiburg, Munich, Lausanne, Fachetumesnil. Fort de France, Tourcoing, USA & Canada june tour : Winnipeg, Toronto, NYC, Vancouver Vogue, Calgary, Saskatoon

MIRACLES quartet 1991

Nguyên Lê, gt

Art Lande, piano

Marc Johnson, ac. bass

Peter Erskine, drums

TBB Boulogne Billancourt festival, 17/05/91

ZANZIBAR 1993

Nguyên Lê, gt

Art Lande, piano

Paul McCandless, reeds

Dean Johnson, ac.bass

Joel Allouche, drums

1993 : St Florent le Vieil.

2002 : Boulder, Denver (USA)

NGUYEN LE PLAYS JIMI HENDRIX 1993 > 1997

Nguyên Lê, gtr

Corin Curschellas, vocals

Richard Bona, e. bass

Steve Argüelles, drums

Chur, Biel, Zurich, Thun, Boldern, Ratilly, Amiens, Suresnes, Dunkerque Côte d'Opale, Angoulême, Instants Chavirés, Pau, Rennes, Nancy, Ile de la Réunion, Casablanca, Rabat, Tetouan, Tanger, Meknès, Fès.

TALES FROM VIÊT-NAM 1995 > 1999

Nguyên Lê, gt
Huong Thanh, voc

Hao Nhien, vietnamese traditional instruments

Paolo Fresu, trumpet & flugelhorn

Simon Spang Hansen, saxophones

Michel Benita, ac. bass

François Verly, percussion, synth & tablas

Joël Allouche, drums

9/02/95 Présences 95, Radio France Festival, Paris

29/06/95 Halle that Jazz Festival, Paris

14/08/95 Berchidda Festival, Sardinia, Italy

31/08/95 Saint Sever Festival, Mont de Marsan, France

03/04/96 Arsenal de Metz, France

06/04/96 TheaterHaus, Stuttgart Festival, Germany

17/04/96 Blanc Mesnil - Banlieues Bleues Festival, France

("De la Lune & du Vent" creation, global show with stage installation & traditional & contemporary vietnamese dancers)

19/06/96 Zurich Festival, Switzerland

23/06/96Saint Florent Festival, France ( "De la Lune & du Vent" )

29/06/96 Bolsano Festival, Italy

1/07/96 Nuremberg Festival, Germany

6/07/96 Berlin "Jazz across the border" Festival, Germany

7/07/96 Worms Festival, Germany

24/08/96 Saalfelden Festival, Austria

11/09/96 Germany tour : Hamburg - Fabrik

12/06/96 Braunschweig - museum

13/06/96 Duisburg - museum

14/06/96 Sankt Wendel Festival

15/06/96 Tuebingen - SudHaus

03/11/96 Berlin "Jazzfest" , Germany

16/11/96 Guimares Festival, Portugal

21/02/97New Morning, Paris, France

24/05/97 Bath Festival, England

6/08/97Festival de Crest (F)

29/08/97Festival de Willisau (CH)

13/09/97Paris, Fête de l’Humanité

4/12/97december 97 France tour : Strasbourg, conférence-concert avec le Prof. Tran Van Khê

5/12/97Strasbourg, concert à Pole Sud

9/12/97Meylan, scène nationale

11/12/97Poitiers, Théatre

12/12/97Toulouse, salle Claude Nougaro

18/12/97Lyon, Opéra

19/12/97Cergy Pontoise, Théatre

19/05/98Bourg en Bresse

nov. 1998 UK Tour : Arnolfini - Bristol, Rock City - Nottingham, Purcell Room - London, Sallis Benney Theatre - Brighton

01/99 Metz, Massy, Clichy

MAGHREB & FRIENDS 1998 > 2001

Nguyên Lê guitar

Karim Ziad drums, gumbri, perc, vocals

Michel Alibo or Linley Marthe el. bass

Bojan Zulfikarpasic acoustic piano, synths

Vincent Mascart saxophones

Aziz Sahmaoui vocals, perc

Mohamed Menni or

Mehdi Askeur vocals, perc

1998 Stuttgart, Angoulême, Hildelshei, Moers, Delmenhorst, Luneburg, Heidelberg, Russelhiem, Bonn, Dusseldorf, Wiersen, Paris New Morning, Montreux festival, Berchidda, Anvers, Gent, Toulouse, Nancy, Roma, Gorizia, Ulm, Berlin "Jazz across the border", Milano, Meylan, Paris Duc des Lombards

1999 Metz, Massy, Clichy, Paris Victoires de la Musique, Le Havre, Paris Fête de l'Humanité, Amiens, Montlouis, Chateauroux, Perpignan, Tourcoing, Bagneux, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Vlotho, Siegen, Kufstein, Innsbruck, Fort de France Martinique, Matera, Catania

2000 Six-Fours, Colombes, Borja SP, Zurich

2001 Algers, Lyon, Willisau

2007 Fès

CELEBRATING JIMI HENDRIX > 2002

Aida Khann (2002 only) or

Cathy Renoir, vocals

Michel Alibo or

Linley Marthe or

Etienne Mbappé or

Julio Rakoto or

Michel Hatzi, e. bass

Karim Ziad or

Francis Lassus or

Roger Biwandu or

Tino di Geraldo or

Stéphane Galland, drums

2002 Paris Cité de la Musique, w/ Terri Lynn Carrington & Paolo Fresu. Oct Tour w/ A. Khann, M. Alibo & K. Ziad : Innsbruck, Rieid, Wien, Langenau, Passau, Schloss Elmau, Geneva, Zurich, Brest, Ploufragan, Bagneux, Almeria. Blois, Madrid.

2003 (w/ Cathy Renoir) April tour : Heidelberg, Freiburg, Dornbirn, Basel, Dusseldorf, Wendelstein, Kufstein, Illingen, Dortmund, Wittlich, Goult, Amsterdam, Getxo, Assier, Junas, Raahe, Nice fest. Avignon, Berchidda, Ile de la Réunion, Nuoro, Rubingen, Ravensburg, Faches Thumesnil, Nancy, Eskisehir, Istanbul, Frankfurt, Berlin, Munchen, Jena, Sarjevo, Issoudun.

2004 Tour March (Linley, F. Lassus) Neuotting, Schio, Sontheim. Essen, Nice, Aulnay s Bois, Toulouse, Roma, Sevilla, Granada, Neuotting, Schio, Sotheim, Suresnes, Caen, St Denis, Noumea, Livry Gargan, Angers, Bruges, Lisboa Rock in Rio, La Défense, Brugherio, Northsea fest, Andria, La Seyne sur Mer, Trevi, Corinaldo, Coventry, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Vocklerbruck, Buhl, Istanbul AK Bank fest, Boblingen, Amiens, Fort de France.

2005 Nancy, Moscow, Hamm, Gaggenau, Karlsruhe, Conflans st Honorine, London Queen Elisabeth Hall, Meslay du Maine, Aubenas, Barcelona, Rabat, Nantes, Waidhofen, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Paju, Jarasum (Korea), Aubenas, Trier, Viersen, Auerbach.

2006 Shaffhausen, Feldafing, Branau, Freidrichschafen, Lille, Andria, Paris New Morning, Singapore, Montpellier, Constantine, Torres Vedras, Eupen, Pomigliano, Arezzo Wave, Paris festival de la Villette, Hemmesberget, Laimont

2007 Syke, Dortmund, Amiens, Algers, Enschede, Timisoara, Marostica, Nurachi, Kalott fest (Finland), Patrimonio, Schiltigheim, Thiais, St Nazaire, Pointe à Pitre

2008 Istanbul Babylon, Sarlat, Wendelstein, Vama Veche (Romania), Boissy le Cuté, Hyères

2009 Beyrouth, Vaulx en Velin, Aigues Vives, Sofia, Couches, Wuppertal, Orosei, Angers

2010 Troyes, Zaporozhye (Ukraine), Rive de Giers

2011 Arpajon

E_L_B Trio > 1999

Peter Erskine drums

Nguyên Lê gtr

Michel Benita ac.bass

guest Stéphane Guillaume, sax

1999 Paris Salon de la Musique, Manhattan Jazz Club

2000 Paris Duc des Lombards, Sunset, St Sauves

2001 Paris Duc des Lombards, Albi, London Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oct tour : Toulouse, Marseille, Nice, Gorizia, Zurich, Heidelberg, Singen, Kassel, Lunen, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Weimar, Mainz, Vlotho, Aalen.

2005 Paris Sunside

2006 Italy tour : Fasano, Roma Casa del Jazz, Cava del Tierreni, Porto Sant'Elpidio, Mirano, Monza

2007 Sunset Paris, Braunschweig Dortmund, Bielefeld, Mainz, Opole, Katowice, Guise

2008 Frankfurt, Amsterdam Bimhuis, Sunset Paris, Sori, Brunico, Schwaz, Munchen Unterfahrt, Langnau, Aanekoski

2009 Swidnik

DUO with Eivind Aarset

13/08/2003, Berchidda

L'AUTRE 2004

Nguyên Lê, gtr & laptop

Linda Lê, writer & reader

Commission by France Culture at Festival d'Avignon, july 15, 2004

Francophony workshop, Dublin, May 6, 2006

IDOMA Quartet

Nguyên Lê, gtr

Illya Amar, vibes & marimba

Furio di Castri, ac.bass

Francis Lassus, drums

2006 Jazz Club de Dunkerque

TRANCE / SILENCE

Nguyên Lê, gt

David Binney sax

Matthieu Michel trumpet & flugelhorn

Dhafer Youssef voc & oud

Rita Marcotulli piano

Lars Danielsson, ac.bass

Jim Black drums

commission by the Traumzeit festival, Duisburg, may 20, 2006

SALZBURG Trio

Nguyên Lê, gt

Kermit Driscoll (2005) or

Skuli Sverrisson (2006), el.bass

Jim Black, drums

July 2005 & 2006 JIMS Salzburg workshop

DUO with RITA MARCOTULLI

2006 Trento

2007 Pavia, Roma, Messina, Bolzano, Roma La Palma

2008 Roma St Cecilia, Bologna

2009 Luxemburg, Neuburg, Wien

TIGER'S TAIL quartet 2004

Nguyên Lê, gt

Art Lande, piano

Paul McCandless, reeds

Jamey Haddad or

Patrice Héral, perc & drums

2004 (w/ Jamey Haddad) Zurich, Innsbruck, Wein, Kiel, Brauschweig, Dortmund, Essen

2005 (w/ P. Heral) Paris Sunset, Munich, Luxemburg, Schiltigheim, Mannheim, Mainz, Freiburg, Singen, Lausanne, Paris Parc Floral

2006 US Tour : Denver Dazzle, Denton, Augusta, NYC Iridium, Pawling Towne Crier, Cambridge, Williamstown, Oakland Yoshi's, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Seattle Earshot fest

2008 USA duo w/ Art Lande : Fort Collins, Boulder, Santa Fé, Denver

HOMESCAPE 2005

duo with Dhafer Youssef (vocals, oud)

duo with Paolo Fresu (trumpet, electronics)

trio with Dhafer Youssef & Paolo Fresu

2005 Mons, Aucamville, Brescia, Brighton, Glasgow

2006 Angoulème, Paris New Morning, Lyon Opera, Riga, Blois, Sinis, Malmö, Avio, Essen, Kufstein, Zurich, Innsbruck, Leipzig, Dudelange, St Martin des Champs, Rennes, Barcelona, Eragny, Bari, Roma La palma, Bolzano Carambolge, Longiano, Modena, Vienne Théatre

2007 Schiltigheim, Rotterdam, Orvieto, Grenoble, Nice, Bologna, Stans, Valence, Umbertide, Berchidda, Aquaviva, Neuhardenberg, Sacile, San Lazzaro

2008 St Fons, Faverges, Schiltigheim, Dunkerque Jazz Club, Tourcoing, Murnau

2009 Bologna, Milano, Verviers, Salzburg

2010 Evreux

MOON & WIND 1999 > 2001

Huong Thanh, voc

Nguyên Lê, gt

François Verly, synth & perc

Joel Allouche, drums & perc

Hao Nhien, viet. trad. instr

27/10/99 : Paris La Maroquinerie, Mainz, Koln, Essen, Berlin, Wien, Skopje

2000 : Nice, Suttgart fest., Herne, Ingolstadt, Munich, Passau, Luxembourg, Ratilly, Marseille

2001 : New Morning Paris, Montpellier, Bologna, Castelnuovo, Cerrarezza, La Roche sur Yon, Massy, Jouy le Moutier.

DRAGONFLY 2002 > 2006

Huong Thanh, voc

Nguyên Lê, gt

Dominique Borker, synth

Hao Nhien, viet. trad. instr

Michel Alibo or

Etienne Mbappé, e.bass

Francois Verly, perc

2002 Paris Duc des Lombards, St Herblain, Caceres SP, Delmenhorst, Hannover, Nurnberg, Wien, Brest. 2003 Blois, Bonn, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Nantes, Cahors, Rotterdam, Madrid

2004 Sunset Paris, Savigny le Temple, London, Hanoi Opera, Ho Chi Minh City Opera, Napa Valley, Los Angeles, Huy

2005 Thonon, Auxerre, Paris, Bolzano, Tilburg

2006 Merano, Langnau, St Nazaire

FRAGILE BEAUTY > 2007

Huong Thanh, voc

Nguyên Lê, gt

Dominique Borker, piano, synth

Mieko Miyazaki, koto

Chris Jennings, ac.bass

Alex Tran, perc & drums

2007 US quartet Tour : Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago Empty Bottle & Historical Museum. Shanghai, Montreuil

2008 trio in Urugay, Punta del Este; Toulouse, Montpellier, Marseille, Dudelange. Septet in New Morning, Namur Esperenzah, Schloss Elmau, Hong Kong New Vision

2009 Bagneux, Pontcharra

SAND or BAKIDA Trio > 1997

Nguyên Lê, gtr

Renaud Garcia Fons, ac. bass

Linley Marthe or

Michel Alibo, e. bass

Mino Cinelu or

Tino di Geraldo or

Karim Ziad or

Patrice Héral or

Laurent Robin or

Francis Lassus, perc & drums

1997 (sept tour w/ Mino Cinelu) : Basel, Viersen, Kaufbeuren.

Nov. tour w/ Tino di Geraldo : Ingolstadt, Gottingen, Troyes, Verona, Vienna, Salzburg, Linz.

1998 sept

1999 Glasgow, Aanekoski (Finland), London Pizza Express, Basel

May tour (RGF, P. Héral) Ansbach, Darmstadt, Berlin Haus der Kulturen, Bremen, Lubeck, Innsbruck, Zurich

2000 Weltz, March tour (RGF, Tino) Dinslaken, Berlin Quasimodo, Duc des Lombards Paris, Leeds, Manchester, Kendal, Leicester, Belfast, Dublin, Zurich, Glasgow. Paris Cité de la Musique, Istanbul, Dusseldorf, Kempten, Montreux, Junas, Sept tour (RGF, K.Ziad) Leverkusen, Eberbach, Schaffauhausen, Freidrichschafen, Dornbirn, Karlsruhe, Luxemburg, Freiburg, Darmstadt, Brauschweig, Bielefeld, Magdeburg, Kiel, Lillehammer, Stavanger, Trondheim. Sevilla, Madrid, Nevers, Rennes.

2001 Namur, Cheltenham, Monza, Leipzig, Nice fest, Verona, Foix.

2002 w/ Michel Alibo & Karim Ziad. Feb tour : Rubingen, Innsbruck, Wien, Frankfurt, Langenau, Essen. w/ R. Garcia Fons : Commercy, Romans, St Claude. Pori (Finland)

2003 Bourgoin

2004 Lille

2005 Constantine, Douarnenez

2006 Hyères, Dublin, Liège

2009 Valence, Paris Sunset, Nantes, Charleville

OMAGGIO A JIMI HENDRIX

Nguyên Lê, gtr

Corin Curschellas, vocals

John Taylor, piano

Anders Jormin, ac.bass

Joey Baron, drums

nov 2000, Modena