Songs of Freedom

Little Wing – Live in Hanoi – 20/11/2013

Amazing band that I officially joined in 2013, we play Nguyen’s personal versions of some of the greatest 70’s pop/rock hits. A pure joy to play … with incredible musicians.

Nguyên Lê : guitar, laptop
Himiko Paganotti : voice
Illya Amar : vibraphone, electronics
Gergo Borlai : drums
Romain Labaye : electric bass & vocals

Black Dog – Live in Murnau – 12/10/2013 (Stéphane Galland, drums)

Tung Duong/Nguyên Lê  » Độc Đạo « 

Hanoi/Vietnam – 24-11-2013

French/Vietnamese project around traditional vietnamese songs, arranged by Nguyen Le, and played for the the first time in Hanoi, in November, 2013.
(album : Độc Đạo)

line-up :

Tung Duong : Lead voc
Himiko Paganotti : voc
Julia Sarr : Voc
Nguyên Lê : Guitar/Laptop/arrangements
Illya Amar : Vibraphone/electronics
Stéphane Galland : drums (ou Stéphane Edouard)
Romain Labaye : bass
+ trad Vietnamese musicians

Jimi’s back

Celebrating Jimi Hendrix is back !

Purple Haze (short) – Alger 10/08/2014

Sunshine Of Your Love – Idar-Oberstein JazzTage 29/05/2015

Bass Solo on Purple Haze – Idar-Oberstein JazzTage 29/05/2015

Nguyên Lê : Guitar/Laptop/arrangements
Himiko Paganotti : voc
Romain Labaye : Bass/voc
Gergo Borlai : Drums

The Dark Side Nine

The last project, the music from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, revisited for a big band, and played live by 9 musicians as the « Dark Side Nine » Band.

TIME – Nguyen Le & Dark Side Nine – La Defense Jazz Festival – July 1st, 2015

(Nicolas Viccaro drums, PO Govin sax)

Line-up:

Nguyên Lê : guitar, laptop
Himiko Paganotti : voc
Illya Amar : vibraphone, electronics
Celine Bonacina (Pierre Olivier Govin) : sax
Stéphane Guillaume (Francesco Bearzatti) : sax
Sylvain Gontard (David Enhco) : trumpet
Daniel Zimmerman (Gueorgui Kornazov) : trombone
Gergo Borlai (Nicolas Viccaro) : drums
Romain Labaye : Bass

Past gigs :
2012
-23 nov : jouy le moutier (F) (SoF) (Chander Sardjoe drums)

2013
-10 jan / Madrid (trio) (Tino di Geraldo drum)
-11 jan / Madrid (trio) (Tino di Geraldo drum)
-9 feb/ Lyon (F) (Céline Bonacina Trio + Nguyen Le)
-14 feb/ Valence (F) (Céline Bonacina Trio + Nguyen Le)
-26 mar/Dinard (F) (Céline Bonacina Trio + Nguyen Le)
-18 ap /schwäbish gmund (D) (Céline Bonacina Trio + Nguyen Le)
-19 ap / Halberstadt (D) (Sof)
-7 may / Belfort (F) (Sof)
-23 june / Duisburg (D) (sof)
-29 june / Waidhofen (Au) (Sof) (Nicolas Viccaro drums)
-7 july / Paris La Villette (F) (Sof)
-18 aug / wuppertal (D) (Sof) (Karim Ziad drums)
-22 aug / roccella (IT) (Sof) (Karim Ziad drums)
-2 oct / hamm (D) (Sof)
-11 oct/ vienne (AU) (Sof)
-13 oct / Murnau (D) (Sof)
-16 oct /Chambéry (F) (Céline Bonacina Trio + Nguyen Le)
-17 oct/ Nancy (F) (Sof)
-9 nov/ ravensburg (D) (sof)
-16 nov/ saarbrücken (D) (Sof)
-20 nov / Hanoi (V) (sof)
-24 nov / Hanoi (V) (Sof/Tung Duong)

2014

-1 mar/Theatre Adyar Paris (Tung Duong)
-20 mar/ Triton (F) (Sof) (Gergo Borlai drums)
-21 mar/ Triton (F) (Sof) (Gergo Borlai drums)
-25 ap/ bale (SW) (sof) (Stéphane Galland drums)
-26 ap/ Winterthur (SW) (Sof) (Stéphane Galland drums)
-19 july/ Bietigheim (D) (Sof) (Karim Ziad drums)
-10 aug/ Alger (Jimi)
-10 oct/ Fribourg (SW) (Jimi)
-13 dec/ Hanoi (V) (Tung Duong) (Alex Tran drums)

2015

-5 feb /New Morning Paris (F) (Dark side) (Guergui Kornazov tbone)
-7 fev /Forum Nord – Nice (F) (Dark side) (Francesco Bearzatti sax, Guergui Kornazov tbone)
-27 mar/ Guitare au beffroi de Montrouge (F) (SOF) (Gergo Borlai drums)
-2 ap /Stuttgart (D) (Dark Side)
-29 may/ Idar Oberstein (D) (Jimi)
-18 jun/ Triton – Montreuil (F) (Dark Side) (David Enhco trumpet, PO Govin sax)
-27 jun/Archeo Jazz (F) ) (Dark Side) (David Enhco trumpet, Francesco Bearzatti sax, PO Govin sax)
-1 july/ La défense jazz fest – Paris (F) (Dark Side) (PO Govin sax, Nicolas Viccaro drums)
-12 aug/Berchidda (Sardinia) (Dark Side) (Nicolas Viccaro drums)
-28 aug/ RDV de L’erdre -Nantes (F) (Dark Side)
-30 oct/Zurich (SW) (Dark Side)
-13 nov/Lugo Jazz Fest, Spain (SOF) (Gergo Borlai drums, Cathy Renoir vocals)

2016
-9 jan/ Arsenal – Metz(F) (Jimi)
-5 feb/Meylan (F) (Dark Side) (Mathieu Michel trumpet)
-5 may/Coutances Jazz sous les pommiers (dark side) (Nicolas Viccaro drums, Leila Martial vocals)

2017
-21 aug : Lisieux (dark side)

2018
-Nov 16 Triton (Hendrix) –  Paris
-Nov 21 – Timisoara (Hendrix
-Dec 29 – Dortmund  (Dark side)

2019
-June 1st – Chambéry (Songs of freedom)
-June 26-27-28-29-30 Berlin (Overseas)