Purple: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix
Purple: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix
ASIN: B00009QG7I
Track Listings
| 1. 1983 - A Merman I Should Turn to Be |
| 2. Manic Depression |
| 3. Are You Experienced |
| 4. Purple Haze |
| 5. Burning of the Midnight Lamp |
| 6. If 6 Was 9 |
| 7. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) |
| 8. South Saturn Delta |
| 9. Up from the Skies |
| 10. Third Stone from the Sun |
Editorial Reviews
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Nguyen Le was born in Paris in 1959, the son of Vietnamese immigrants. After a background in rock music, the self-taught guitarist gravitated towards jazz, joining the French Orchestre National de Jazz in 1987. Le has been playing music by Jimi Hendrix since 1993, exploring and reinterpreting in a variety of settings. This album's set of 10 Hendrix compositions are performed by his core trio of electric guitar, bass, and drums. Their interplay is impressive--they lock into a rhythmic groove on "Purple Haze" that takes the original's template and runs with it. Le's guitar-synthesizer is also deployed to effects ranging from startling to subtle. The songs are treated as standards, with no one trying to be a stand-in for Hendrix. --David Greenberger
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Purple: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix
Nguyên Lê Manufacturer: Act Music & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B00006IU72 Release Date: 2004-06-01 |
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Purple: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix
Nguyên Lê Manufacturer: Highnote ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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| Styles
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Jazz Fusion
| Jazz
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ASIN: B00009QG7I Release Date: 2003-06-17 |
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Nguyen Le was born in Paris in 1959, the son of Vietnamese immigrants. After a background in rock music, the self-taught guitarist gravitated towards jazz, joining the French Orchestre National de Jazz in 1987. Le has been playing music by Jimi Hendrix since 1993, exploring and reinterpreting in a variety of settings. This album's set of 10 Hendrix compositions are performed by his core trio of electric guitar, bass, and drums. Their interplay is impressive--they lock into a rhythmic groove on "Purple Haze" that takes the original's template and runs with it. Le's guitar-synthesizer is also deployed to effects ranging from startling to subtle. The songs are treated as standards, with no one trying to be a stand-in for Hendrix. --David GreenbergerCustomer Reviews:
cool grooves.......2007-01-03
Unique voice & excellent work.......2006-11-03
What i s this?.......2006-03-31
Nguyen Le: master guitarist and innovator.......2003-08-25
For the initiates to Les body of work, it should come as no surprise that he should have an affinity with Hendrix. Both artists are mavericks, both explored the roots of their cultures to build a foundation for their creative output. Hendrix of course came out of the blues and R&B, but was a visionary who often travelled far afield from the blues and found his early recognition in England. Le found inspiration in his own vietnamese traditional music and infused that sensibility into his own western blues tinged playing and his love of european harmony with which he forged a distinctive style all his own.
Purple uses odd times, african rhythms and textures to cast Hendrix's music in an entirely new light. With a stroke of genious, Le boldly takes these songs, so strongly associated with Hendrix's signature vocals and uses female singers (Terry Lynn Carrington in her singing debut and a fabulous african singer, whose name escapes me,) which allows the listener to leave his expectations behind.
From then on, its all a journey into the controlled dissonance and tight ensemble playing that is Le's musical turf. This is a good introduction to Le, but it is really only the tip of a rather massive iceberg. What follows is an overview and appreciation of Le.
Nguyen Le is one of the most important jazz guitarists on the planet. He is the foremost proponent of an emerging style of music that I call world jazz. .
He has a distinctive voice (or rather, voices) on the guitar that is as instantly recognizable as that of Metheny, Scofield, Abercrombie , Hall, Montgomery or any of the "immortals" of jazz guitar you can think of. From the sadly out of print Ultramarine band, to his out of print but essential recordings on Musidisc (Miracles and Zanzibar,) to his blending of Vietnamese tradiional music and jazz (Tales from Vietnam, Dragonfly, Moon and Wind) to his powerful trio records (Bakida three trios etc) to his Hendrix tribute CD, it is clear that Le is a master composer/arranger/producer as well as master guitarist.
I don't understand why he is not more well known in the USA. The quality of his recordings is undeniable. While his style is both intelligent and melodic, he offers plenty of pyrotechnics for the guitar hero worshipper. Check out his incredible blending of middle eastern music and jazz on his masterpiece, "Mahgreb and Friends" Enough artistry on there to ensure Le's place in the pantheon of jazz innovators and ensure his place with the immortals.
Nguyen Le: master guitarist and innovator.......2003-08-25
For the initiates to Les body of work, it should come as no surprise that he should have an affinity with Hendrix. Both artists are mavericks, both explored the roots of their cultures to build a foundation for their creative output. Hendrix of course came out of the blues and R&B, but was a visionary who often travelled far afield from the blues and found his early recognition in England. Le found inspiration in his own vietnamese traditional music and infused that sensibility into his own western blues tinged playing and his love of european harmony with which he forged a distinctive style all his own.
Purple uses odd times, african rhythms and textures to cast Hendrix's music in an entirely new light. With a stroke of genious, Le boldly takes these songs, so strongly associated with Hendrix's signature vocals and uses female singers (Terry Lynn Carrington in her singing debut and a fabulous african singer, whose name escapes me,) which allows the listener to leave his expectations behind.
From then on, its all a journey into the controlled dissonance and tight ensemble playing that is Le's musical turf. This is a good introduction to Le, but it is really only the tip of a rather massive iceberg. What follows is an overview and appreciation of Le.
Nguyen Le is one of the most important jazz guitarists on the planet. He is the foremost proponent of an emerging style of music that I call world jazz. .
He has a distinctive voice (or rather, voices) on the guitar that is as instantly recognizable as that of Metheny, Scofield, Abercrombie , Hall, Montgomery or any of the "immortals" of jazz guitar you can think of. From the sadly out of print Ultramarine band, to his out of print but essential recordings on Musidisc (Miracles and Zanzibar,) to his blending of Vietnamese tradiional music and jazz (Tales from Vietnam, Dragonfly, Moon and Wind) to his powerful trio records (Bakida three trios etc) to his Hendrix tribute CD, it is clear that Le is a master composer/arranger/producer as well as master guitarist.
I don't understand why he is not more well known in the USA. The quality of his recordings is undeniable. While his style is both intelligent and melodic, he offers plenty of pyrotechnics for the guitar hero worshipper. Check out his incredible blending of middle eastern music and jazz on his masterpiece, "Mahgreb and Friends" Enough artistry on there to ensure Le's place in the pantheon of jazz innovators and ensure his place with the immortals.
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