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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Stealing Moments
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 1 Mar 2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Where You Wish You Were
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 27 Jan 2023
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Veneziana (Live)
Iiro Rantala, Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic
Classical - Released by ACT Music on 26 May 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
4 Wheel Drive
Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Lars Danielsson, Wolfgang Haffner
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 15 Mar 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Kind of Spain
Wolfgang Haffner, Jan Lundgren, Daniel Stelter, Studnitzky, Christopher Dell, Lars Danielsson
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 25 Aug 2017
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Answer
The Jakob Manz Project, Jakob Manz
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 26 Jan 2024
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Magic Moments 15 (In the Spirit of Jazz)
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 30 Sep 2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sons of Revolution
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 13 Oct 2023
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Les Égarés
Ballaké Sissoko, Emile Parisien Quartet, Vincent Peirani, Vincent Ségal
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 31 Mar 2023
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Live in Concert (Live)
Manu Katché feat. Luca Aquino, Tore Brunborg & Jim “James” Watson
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 22 Aug 2014
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Taste of Honey
Ulf Wakenius, Lars Danielsson, Magnus Östrom
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 28 Aug 2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
While You Wait
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 1 Mar 2024
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Mare Nostrum III
Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano, Jan Lundgren
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 25 Jan 2019
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Americana
Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin, Bill Frisell
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 24 Apr 2020
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Austrian Syndicate
David Helbock, Peter Madsen, Raphael Preuschl, Claudio Spieler, Herbert Pirker
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on 25 Aug 2023
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