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ACT Parent company ACT Music + Vision Founded 1992 (1992 ) Founder Siegried Loch Distributor(s ) Allegro Distribution Genre Jazz , blues Country of origin Germany Location Munich Official website actmusic
ACT is a German record label founded in 1992 by Siegfried Loch .[1] [2]
ACT's first release was the album Jazzpaña by Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin and featured Michael Brecker , Al Di Meola , and Steve Khan . Though it earned two Grammy nominations, the artist that brought ACT Music to international attention was Swedish jazz pianist Esbjörn Svensson , along with his collaborators Magnus Öström and Dan Berglund , who together formed e.s.t. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] DownBeat [7]
ACT was voted Label of the Year in the German Echo Jazz online poll four times in a row from 2010 to 2013.[9]
ACT artists include Marius Neset , Bugge Wesseltoft , Lars Danielsson , Viktoria Tolstoy , Vijay Iyer , Leszek Mozdzer , Iiro Rantala , Nils Landgren and Esbjörn Svensson Trio .[10]
Also: Esbjörn Svensson , Rigmor Gustafsson , and Ulf Wakenius . Artists contracted from other countries are the Norwegian saxophonists Geir Lysne , Tore Brunborg , Frøy Aagre , violinist Henning Kraggerud , the band In The Country , the Swedish pianist Jacob Karlzon , the Danish vocalist Cæcilie Norby , the Belgian guitarist Philip Catherine , the Austrian pianist David Helbock , the French drummer Manu Katché . German musicians on the label include Christian Muthspiel , Joachim Kühn , Christof Lauer , Wolfgang Haffner , and Michael Wollny (winner of the ECHO Jazz award in 2010 for best instrumentalist, piano/keyboards).[11]
ACT has recorded Nguyên Lê and Youn Sun Nah (winner of the Echo Jazz award in 2011 for best singer internationally), Jasper van't Hof , Simon Nabatov , and Paolo Fresu .[12]
Discography [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Kennedy, Gary (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The new Grove dictionary of jazz (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 11. ISBN 1561592846
^ Fordham, John (2022). "Esbjörn Svensson: HOME.S. review – buoyant, capricious, sweepingly melodic" . The Guardian . No. 25 November. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 9 July 2023 .
^ Tamarkin, Jeff (2023). "Esbjörn Svensson's Secret Solo Album" . JazzTimes . No. January 03. JazzTimes. Retrieved 9 July 2023 .
^ "Esbjörn Svensson - Reminiscence of a soul" . Jazzwise . No. August 06. MA Music, Leisure & Travel Ltd. 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2023 .
^ Morris, Hugh (2022). "A posthumous solo album reverals a jazz star's melancholy" . New York Times . No. November 24. Retrieved 10 July 2023 .
^ a b Patterson, Ian (2018). "Esbjorn Svensson Trio: e.s.t. live in london" . AllAboutJazz . No. August 05. All About Jazz & Jazz Near You. Retrieved 10 July 2023 .
^ Conrad, Thomas (2019). "Esbjörn Svensson Trio: e.s.t. live in London (ACT)" . JazzTimes . No. April 25. Retrieved 10 July 2023 .
^ "ACT Story - About ACT - ACT Music" . ACT Music . Retrieved 26 August 2016 .
^ Fordham, John (2012-01-12). "ACT Records: 'It doesn't happen like this in the corporate world' . The Guardian . Retrieved 2015-04-11 .
^ "Jazz Live: Michael Wollny/Tamar Halperin" (in German). Die Zeit . 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2015-04-11 .
^ "Ritter Loch vom Orden des Jazz" (in German). Die Zeit . 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2015-04-11 .
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ACT_Music&oldid=1206480342 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● J a z z r e c o r d l a b e l s ● G e r m a n r e c o r d l a b e l s ● R e c o r d l a b e l s e s t a b l i s h e d i n 1 9 9 2 H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● C S 1 G e r m a n - l a n g u a g e s o u r c e s ( de ) ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n m a t c h e s W i k i d a t a ● A r t i c l e s w i t h M u s i c B r a i n z l a b e l i d e n t i f i e r s
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
