caption alias birth_place image_size background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
nguyên lê 2013 lê thành nguyên paris , france 260px non_vocal_instrumentalist 14 january 1959 guitar , bass , guitar synthesizer jazz , jazz fusion traumzeit 2013 nguyên lê 03.jpg nguyên lê
 nguyên lê musician composer bandleader arranger
nguyên lê

nguyên lê -lrb- vietnamese : `` lê thành nguyên '' ; born 14 january 1959 in paris , france -rrb- is a french jazz musician and composer of vietnamese ancestry .
his main instrument is guitar , and he also plays electric bass guitar and guitar synthesizer .
he has released numerous albums , both as a leader and as a sideman .
his 1996 album `` tales from viêt-nam '' blends jazz and traditional vietnamese music .
nguyên lê has performed with randy brecker , vince mendoza , eric vloeimans , carla bley , michel portal , renaud garcia-fons , per mathisen , marc johnson , peter erskine , trilok gurtu , paolo fresu and dhafer youssef .
in spring 2011 he released `` songs of freedom '' , an album with cover versions of pop hits from the 1970s .
