Guitarist Nguyên Le explores a wide span of modern styles throughout Walking on the Tiger's Tail.
Some of the up-tempo pieces are essentially fusion while other selections look towards the folk-jazz of Oregon (helped out by the many horns of Paul McCandless), world music and post-bop jazz.
The bassless quartet finds each of the musicians assuming the role of the bass at one time or another, and so effectively that one rarely notices its absence.
Le's passionate guitar solos, the mixture of stylists and styles, and the inventive originals (which include some impressionistic ballads) make the music completely unclassifiable as anything but stimulating 21st century creative jazz.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wingless FlightNguyên Lê | Nguyên Lê | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 2 | Yielding WaterNguyên Lê | Nguyên Lê | Play | 06:00 | 13 MB | 36 MB |
| 3 | Totsu!Nguyên Lê | Nguyên Lê | Play | 07:53 | 18 MB | 45 MB |
| 4 | Snow on a FlowerNguyên Lê | Nguyên Lê | Play | 05:32 | 12 MB | 25 MB |
| 5 | JoraiNguyên Lê | Nguyên Lê | Play | 05:03 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 6 | Butterfly DreamNguyên Lê | Nguyên Lê | Play | 05:52 | 13 MB | 30 MB |
| 7 | Walking on the Tiger's TailNguyên Lê | Nguyên Lê | Play | 08:18 | 19 MB | 55 MB |
| 8 | BeeNguyên Lê | Nguyên Lê | Play | 05:23 | 12 MB | 26 MB |
| 9 | Evening GloryNguyên Lê | Nguyên Lê | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | ZamoraNguyên Lê | Nguyên Lê | Play | 06:36 | 15 MB | 39 MB |
| 11 | EventailNguyên Lê | Nguyên Lê | Play | 05:07 | 11 MB | 26 MB |
| 65 mins | 150 MB | |||||
| 65 mins | 379 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominique Borker | Assistant |
| 2 | Jamey Haddad | Drums, Member of Attributed Artist, Percussion |
| 3 | Rolf Kißling | Photography |
| 4 | Peter Krüll | Design |
| 5 | Art Lande | Member of Attributed Artist, Piano |
| 6 | Nguyên Lê | Audio Production, Composer, Electronics, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Electroacoustic), Liner Notes, Member of Attributed Artist, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 7 | Siegfried Lock | Executive Producer |
| 8 | Paul McCandless | Clarinet (Bass), Horn (English), Member of Attributed Artist, Oboe, Sax (Sopranino), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor) |
| 9 | Martin Noël | Artwork |
| 10 | Johannes Wohlleben | Engineer, Mastering, Mixing |
Nguyên Lê
2014 - 15 tracks
Celebrating the Dark Side of the Moon - Nguyên Lê, NDR Bigband, Michael Gibbs, Youn Sun Nah
Art Lande
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |