ACT Music
With a roster that boasts some of the most influential contemporary jazz recordings of recent years - namely those of the epoch defining sound of the sorely missed Esbjörn Svensson Trio - among a wide range of leading jazz instrumentalist and singers German label ACT has grown to a global force. Over the past two decades ACT has championed an incredible array of jazz artists who are defined by their desire to push musical boundaries while reaching out to a wider audience with both authenticity and innovation at their core. This list includes the likes of Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Rudresh Mahanthappa and Youn Sun Nah.
ACT label boss Siegfried "Siggi" Loch is one of the most successful managers in the international music business and is considered the discoverer and producer of such lauded names as Klaus Doldinger, The Rattles, Katja Ebstein, Amon Düül, Can, Heinz Rudolf Kunze, Marius Müller-Westernhagen and Al Jarreau – to name just a few. At the age of 25 Loch was the youngest boss of an international record company (Liberty-United Artists). At the end of the 80s he turned his back on the major business as president of WEA Europe, and set out to fulfil his childhood dream by founding his own independent label "ACT" in 1992, which is today one of the leading brands in European jazz.
Ever since then "In the Spirit of Jazz" has been Loch's guiding principle: music far removed from a predefined style, without being afraid of mixing genres and crossing boundaries. In line with and ahead of the times. For people with open ears and open minds. For the spirit and for the soul.
Read moreWith a roster that boasts some of the most influential contemporary jazz recordings of recent years - namely those of the epoch defining sound of the sorely missed Esbjörn Svensson Trio - among a wide range of leading jazz instrumentalist and singers German label ACT has grown to a global force. Over the past two decades ACT has championed an incredible array of jazz artists who are defined by their desire to push musical boundaries while reaching out to a wider audience with both authenticity and innovation at their core. This list includes the likes of Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Rudresh Mahanthappa and Youn Sun Nah.
ACT label boss Siegfried "Siggi" Loch is one of the most successful managers in the international music business and is considered the discoverer and producer of such lauded names as Klaus Doldinger, The Rattles, Katja Ebstein, Amon Düül, Can, Heinz Rudolf Kunze, Marius Müller-Westernhagen and Al Jarreau – to name just a few. At the age of 25 Loch was the youngest boss of an international record company (Liberty-United Artists). At the end of the 80s he turned his back on the major business as president of WEA Europe, and set out to fulfil his childhood dream by founding his own independent label "ACT" in 1992, which is today one of the leading brands in European jazz.
Ever since then "In the Spirit of Jazz" has been Loch's guiding principle: music far removed from a predefined style, without being afraid of mixing genres and crossing boundaries. In line with and ahead of the times. For people with open ears and open minds. For the spirit and for the soul.
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Into the Night (Live)
Jan Lundgren
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 27 Aug 2021
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Dream Band Live in Concert
Wolfgang Haffner
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 29 Apr 2022
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Magic Moments 14
Various Artists
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 24 Sep 2021
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Kind of Cool
Wolfgang Haffner
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 24 Feb 2015
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She Moves On
Youn Sun Nah
Vocal Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 18 May 2017
4F de Télérama5 Sterne Fono Forum JazzWhat better way of making a new record than surrounding yourself with new collaborators? That was the idea that Youn Sun Nah had for She Moves On. Fou ...
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Funk Is My Religion
Nils Landgren Funk Unit
Funk - Released by ACT Music on 28 May 2021
It's written on the cover: funk is my religion! The trombonist came in from the cold is wearing his heart on his sleeve with this 11th Funk Unit album ...
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Nature Boy
Nils Landgren
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 24 Sep 2021
Seen from a distance, but also seen from up close, this is a project that's sure to raise some eyebrows. A solo trombone album isn't the kind of recor ...
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Via de la Plata
Daniel García Trio
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 24 Sep 2021
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Nightjar in the Northern Sky
Anna Gréta
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 29 Oct 2021
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Mare Nostrum III
Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano & Jan Lundgren
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 25 Jan 2019
5 Sterne Fono Forum JazzTheir first collaboration, entitled Mare Nostrum in 2007, was really rather magical. So, it was hardly surprising that Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano a ...
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Potsdam (Live)
Iiro Rantala
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 25 Mar 2022
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