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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Acoustic Shapes
Wolfgang Haffner, Hubert Nuss, Lars Danielsson
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 28/03/2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Tandem
Michael Wollny & Vincent Peirani
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 23/09/2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Shapes
Wolfgang Haffner, Nils Landgren, Lars Danielsson, Frank Kuruc, Studnitzky
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 26/05/2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Winter Days at Schloss Elmau
Echoes of Swing, Rebecca Kilgore
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 25/10/2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Onwards and Upwards
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 24/05/2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Magic Moments 6 (In the Spirit of Jazz)
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 22/03/2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bird Lives
Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley, The SWR Big Band
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 12/11/2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Playing Gershwin
Iiro Rantala, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Classical - Released by ACT Music on 31/01/2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Seven Days of Falling
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 22/09/2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
My Finnish Calendar
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 30/08/2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
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