The JazzWorld of The ACT Company

German ACT Company, one of the most successful world-music labels of the current era, founded in 1992 by Siegfried Loch. Internationally acclaimed for its debut -inspired and produced by Loch himself- projects, ACT extended activities and soon became home to many popular jazz artists. ACT's releases are focused on german new jazz scene, nordic contemporary music and ethno-fusions of mediterranean, african, latin, far east and american origins... This remarkable global-sound profile is portraited here:

Act One
TORBJORN SUNDE arctic
("Meridians", 1998)
NGUYEN LE mangustao, pt 2
("Tales From Viet-nam", 1996)
HUONG THANH the soaring of the heron
("Moon and Wind", 1996)
MARKUS STOCKHAUSEN lonconao
("Sol Mestizo", 1996)
JONAS KNUTSSON, JOHAN NORBERG resan
("Skarren:Norrland III", 2008)
NGUYEN LE, DHAFER YUSSEF kithara
("Homescapes", 2006)
ULF WAKENIUS u-dance
("Notes from the Heart", 2005)
BEIRACH, HUEBNER, MRAZ around dubrawuschka
(V.A. "Global Magic", 2001)
ESBJORN SVENSSON TRIO serenade for the renegade
("Strange Place For Snow", 2002)
ACTRONIC frontside backside
("Hamlet", 2001)
ODDJOB where eagles dare
("Clint", 2010)
MICHAEL RIESSLER orange
("Orange", 2000)
CORYELL, CATHERINE, KUHN deus xango
("Twin House + Splendid bonus tracks" [reissue], 1992)
GERARDO NUNEZ templo de lucero
("Andando El Tiempo", 2004)
KNUT ROESSLER, JOHANNES VOGT canaries
("Between the Times", 2007)
NILS LANDGREN emil kahl
("Gotland", 1996)


Act Two
GERMAN JAZZ MASTERS song for bam bam
("Old Friends", 2000)
SORIBA KOUYATE, DIDIER MALHERBE diya
(V.A. "Global Magic", 2001)
PAOLO FRESU predagoria
("Sonos E Memoria", 2001)
ROBERTO DI GIOIA TRIO sahara
("Abracadabra" [celebrating Klaus Doldinger], 2006)
RENAULT GARCIA-FONS, GERARDO NUNEZ un amor real
(" Jazzpaña II, 2000)
JAVIER PAXARINO, GLEN VELEZ temura
("Temura", 1994)
KLAUS PAIER, ASJA VALCIC tango loco
("A Deux", 2008)
CARSTEN DAERR, DANIEL ERDMANN reveal your identity
("Berlin Calling", 2007)
JONAS KNUTSSON polska efter jon marsen (trad)
("Cow Cow: Norrland II", 2005)
LARS DANIELSSON, LESZEK MOZDZER follow my backlights
("Pasodoble", 2007)
ODDJOB sewerside blues
("Sumo", 2008)
ELBTONALPERCUSSION st agnes & the burning train
("Four Elements", 2005)
LAUER, GODARD, HUSBAND de cuir et de cuivre
("Blues In Mind'', 2007)
JENS THOMAS sakyi's song
(V.A. "Global Magic", 2001)
PETER APFELBAUM & NY HIEROGLYPHICS it is written
("It is Written, 2005)
NILS LANDGREN, ESBJORN SVENSSON song from the valley
("Layers Of Light", 2001)

ACT one + ACT two

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