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.
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Mare Nostrum II
Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano & Jan Lundgren
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 26 Feb 2015
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Magic Moments 10 - In The Spirit Of Jazz
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 29 Sep 2017
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Momento Magico
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 28 Mar 2014
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Slow Snow
Tore Brunborg with Eivind Aarset, Steinar Raknes & Per Oddvar Johansen
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 21 Apr 2015
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Thrill Box
Vincent Peirani with Michael Wollny & Michel Benita
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 9 Apr 2013
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Still! Still! Still!
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 25 Oct 2019
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Shapes
Wolfgang Haffner, Nils Landgren, Lars Danielsson, Frank Kuruc, Studnitzky
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 26 May 2006
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Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic V: Lost Hero - Tears for Esbjörn (Live)
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic, Lars Danielsson, Iiro Rantala, Viktoria Tolstoy, Ulf Wakenius, Morten Lund
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 26 Feb 2016
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Christmas with My Friends III (Live)
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 26 Oct 2012
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Live at Cello Biënnale Amsterdam
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 26 Jan 2024
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Living Being
Contemporary Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 26 Jan 2015
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Die Stereo Hörtest Edition IV (Visions of Jazz)
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 28 Aug 2020
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Magic Moments 9 - In The Spirit Of Jazz
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 26 Aug 2016
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From Gagarin's Point of View
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 31 May 1999
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Just the Two of Us
Cæcilie Norby & Lars Danielsson
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 28 Aug 2015
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Christmas with My Friends V
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 28 Oct 2016
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My History of Jazz
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 25 Oct 2012
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo