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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Vision for Two
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Aug 30, 2019
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
The World We Knew
Carsten Daerr, Christof Lauer, Christopher Dell, Eric Schäfer, Ladi Geisler & Oliver Potratz
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Feb 12, 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Sketches
Vince Mendoza, Wolfgang Niedecken , Peter Erskine, Dieter Ilg
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Jan 1, 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Seaven Teares (A Tribute to John Dowland, Matthieu Michel, Franck Tortiller and Steve Swallow)
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Mar 22, 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Round About Mompou
Richie Beirach, Gregor Huebner, George Mraz
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Aug 27, 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Festival Flamenco Gitano
Flamenco - Released by ACT Music on Oct 30, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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El Viento - The Garcia Lorca Project
Vince Mendoza & The Metropole Orchestra
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on May 29, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Cow Cow : Norrland II
Jonas Knutsson & Johan Norberg
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Aug 29, 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Snowmelt
Marius Neset with London Sinfonietta
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Aug 26, 2016
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
The Big Wig (Live)
Andreas Schaerer, Hildegard Lernt Fliegen, Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Jan 13, 2017
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
A Little Magic in a Noisy World
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Jan 19, 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kubic's Monk (24 Bit, 48 Khz Hig Resolution Version)
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Sep 28, 2012
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo