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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It's Snowing on My Piano
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Nov 7, 1997
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Into the Night (Live)
Jan Lundgren, Emile Parisien Quartet, Lars Danielsson
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Aug 27, 2021
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Catching Ghosts (Live)
Peter Brotzmann, Majid Bekkas, Hamid Drake
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Apr 28, 2023
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Eternal Beauty
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Jan 31, 2014
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Living Being II (Night Walker)
Vincent Peirani, Julien Herné, Emile Parisien Quartet, Yoann Serra, Tony Paeleman
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Jul 13, 2018
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Liberetto III
Lars Danielsson with Grégory Privat, John Parricelli & Magnus Öström
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on May 26, 2017
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Ahlam
NES, Nesrine, Matthieu Saglio, David Gadea
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Aug 31, 2018
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Celebrating The Dark Side Of The Moon
Nguyên Lê with NDR Bigband & Michael Gibbs feat. Youn Sun Nah
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Oct 21, 2014
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Abrazo
Vincent Peirani, Emile Parisien Quartet
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Aug 28, 2020
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Geyser (Live at Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms)
Marius Neset, London Sinfonietta
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Oct 27, 2023
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Christmas in the Spirit of Jazz
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Oct 29, 2021
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Beauty & Truth
Joachim Kühn, Chris Jennings, Eric Schaefer
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Mar 18, 2016
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Mare Nostrum II
Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano & Jan Lundgren
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Feb 26, 2015
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E.S.T. Symphony
Classical - Released by ACT Music on Oct 28, 2016
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Slow Snow
Tore Brunborg with Eivind Aarset, Steinar Raknes & Per Oddvar Johansen
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Apr 21, 2015
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Unbreakable
Nils Landgren Funk Unit with Ray Parker Jr.
Jazz Fusion & Jazz Rock - Released by ACT Music on Jun 30, 2017
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El Camino de los Vientos
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Apr 24, 2020
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Living Being
Contemporary Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Jan 26, 2015
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Christmas with My Friends VI
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Oct 26, 2018
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A Moment of Now
Viktoria Tolstoy, Jacob Karlzon
Jazz - Released by ACT Music on Oct 25, 2013
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