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Tung Le

The dark arts of Jazz

About Me

Tung Le- b.Saigon, Vietnam- trainned in jazz discipline @ McMaster University and Mohawk College (BA Music), professional musician/teacher for 22 years. Tung is a Featured Artist on Guitar9 Records www.guitar9/undiscov31f.htmlSHOW2_T2

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Member Since: 9/2/2006
Band Website: saigonclubmusic.com
Band Members: Nam Tran- drums Hai Nguyen- bass RAC ONE- turntables Roger Vallve- bass Dimo Torladihis- drumsSAIGON_SET

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Influences: Wes Montgomery,Jimi Hendrix,Ed Bickert, Nguyen Le, Michel Camilo,Pat Metheny,John Scofield,Bill Evans,Gonzalo Rubalcaba,Larry Carlton,James Carter, Trane,Bird,Monk,Miya Masaoka, Tim Miller,Fareed Haque,Mike Landau,Tower Of Power,Meshell N'Dgeocello,Prince,Toru Takemitsu,Cassandra Wilson,Fear Factory,Wu Tang Clan, Rafael Moreira,Steve Lukather,David Gogo, anything that grooves,anything that is played with 10000% conviction.Non-musical influences: The Dalai Lama,"The Art Of War","The War Of Art,"Effortless Mastery","Inner Game Of Tennis", Kurosawa,Tarantino,David Mack,Frank Frazetta,Round Midnight,Matrix,Amadeus,Immortal Beloved,Ran,Afterlife, Guinness,Stella,Corona, LA,NYC,Vienna,Salzburg,Paris,Munich,Venice,Toronto,Boston,Sa igon.

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Sounds Like: Fusion/jazz/blues/rock/funk/latin with a World music/experimental edge
Type of Label: None

My Blog

CURRENT LISTENNING

1- Kurt Rosenwinkel "Deep Song"- it's my favorite jazz album right now. Great compositions, the tunes are filled with harmonic and rhythmic twists. Kurt's playing has a really great laid back time fee...
Posted by Tung Le on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:07:00 PST

GEAR & WEAPONS

Guitars- (Main) 1981 Gibson Les Paul cherry burst- 1980 Gibson ES-175 blond- Fender SRV Strat- 1975 Fender Strat cream- Godin Multiac nylon stringAmps- Randall MTS RM100M head w/ Randall MTS 2X12 Vint...
Posted by Tung Le on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:09:00 PST

About The Tunes

Well, I didn't want to post a rambling blog about my music here. But I've gotten a lot of e-mails and questions about the tunes here, so I'll do my best to give some insights. Basically, my approach t...
Posted by Tung Le on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:49:00 PST