Danielsson / Fresu - Summerwind (ACT MUSIC 2018)

In “Summerwind”, enchanting melodies flow with an instinctive and natural grace and elegance. They develop in long arcs which bring a sense of profundity and contemplation. In a world in constant danger of overheating, Danielsson’s and Fresu’s music is a fresh and soothing breeze.

Lars Danielsson / bass & cello

Paolo Fresu / trumpet & flugelhorn

1 Autumn Leaves ( Joseph Kosma / Johnny Mercer) 04:00

2 Saluto Dardamente ( Paolo Fresu) 02:53

3 Le Matin ( Lars Danielsson) 03:21

4 Stilla Storm ( Lars Danielsson) 02:55

5 Jag lyfter ögat mot himmelen ( Oskar Lindberg / trad. arranged by Lars Danielsson) 04:05

6 Un vestido y un amor ( Fito Páez) 03:53

7 Drexciya ( Paolo Fresu) 01:48

8 Dardusó ( Lars Danielsson & Paolo Fresu) 03:57

9 Stanna Tid ( Lars Danielsson & Paolo Fresu) 03:02

10 Sleep Safe And Warm ( Krzysztof Komeda) 04:24

11 April In Dardegna ( Paolo Fresu) 03:40

12 Amigos ( Lars Danielsson) 02:49

13 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme ( Johann Sebastian Bach / arranged by Lars Danielsson) 03:06

14 Dardodentro ( Paolo Fresu) 02:53

15 De La Solitude Mesurée ( Paolo Fresu) 02:34

Recorded at Nilento Studio, Gothenburg, May 14-15, 2018

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Lars Nilsson

Produced by Siggi Loch

Cover art by Olav Christopher Jenssen: Journal July 30th. 2011 / ACT Art Collection

Youn Sun Nah - essentials (3 CD Box) ACT MUSIC 2018

"This woman is a vocal miracle, absolutely awesome" - ZDF heute journal (DE) "One surprise after another, from a performer, who can turn anything into an art song." - The Times (GB) "One of the most beautiful voices of today's jazz." - Le Figaro (FR)The premium collector's edition of the three pioneering albums at a discounted price. She Moves On LentoSame Girl She Moves OnAn important step in a new musical direction, recorded in New York with an American band: pianist Jamie Saft, together with one of the most sought-after session musicians Brad Jones (bass) and Dan Rieser (drums) built the backing band for Youn Sun Nahs amazing singing. And a special guest on the guitar ensures the jazzy country and folk character of the album: Marc Ribot. In addition to her own compositions, "She Moves On" co...

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Youn Sun Nah / vocals, kalimba, music box, kazoo

Ulf Wakenius / guitars

Lars Danielsson / bass & cello

Vincent Peirani / accordion & accordina

Xavier Desandre-Navarre / percussion

Jamie Saft / Piano, keys

Brad Jones / Acoustic Bass

Dan Rieser / Drums

Marc Ribot / Electric & Acoustic Guitars

1 She Moves On ( ) 50:38

2 Lento ( ) 45:46

3 Same Girl ( ) 47:08

Erna Rot - Angst & Weltschmerz (ACT MUSIC 2018)

Erna Rot's songs to German texts channel not just jazz but also pop, chanson, bluegrass and swing. And what's different about them is that they don't lull the listener, they positively bounce into the ear and stay fixed in the mind.

Erna Rot / vocals & glockenspiel

Simon Doetsch / trumpet, flugelhorn & accordion

Peter Kowal / guitar

Stefan Rey / double bass

Felix Günther / drums

Constantin Krahmer / piano & organ

Joon Laukamp / violin & mandolin

Georg Schaller / flute (10)

1 Angst & Weltschmerz ( Erna Rot) 03:22

2 Ohne Dich ( Erna Rot) 03:11

3 Bochum (Nord) ( Erna Rot) 03:52

4 Gelohnt hat es sich nicht ( Sven Regener) 04:58

5 P wie P ( Erna Rot) 03:51

6 Der Traum ist aus ( Roy Hawkins, Rick Darnell / Erna Rot) 05:00

7 Auf der Sonnenseite ( Manfred Krug & André Asriel) 02:49

8 Loreley ( Erna Rot) 03:26

9 Am Gefrierpunkt ( Erna Rot) 04:47

10 Jürgen ( Erna Rot) 02:28

11 Abbitte ( Erna Rot) 05:12

12 Nicht mehr allein ( Erna Rot) 02:45

13 Schiff aus Papier ( Erna Rot) 02:58

14 Still, still, still ( Erna Rot) 03:13

Recorded by Georg Schaller, Cologne

Mixed and mastered by Klaus Scheuermann

Produced by Erna Rot

Vincent Peirani: Living Being II - Night Walker (ACT MUSIC 2018)

Vincent Peirani is a jazz musician who is equally at home in world music, or classical music, chanson or pop. Yet what the listener will hear from his new album is that he has transformed the accordion into the baddest of rock 'n' roll axes.

Vincent Peirani / accordion, accordina & voice

Emile Parisien / soprano saxophone

Tony Paeleman / fender rhodes & keys

Julien Herné / electric bass & electric guitar

Yoann Serra / drums

Valentin Liechti / electronics on 12

1 Bang Bang ( Sonny Bono) 03:26

2 Enzo ( Vincent Peirani) 04:29

3 Le Clown Sauveur De La Fête Foraine ( Vincent Peirani) 02:43

4 What Power Art Thou ( Henry Purcell) 05:55

5 Opening ( Vincent Peirani) 03:52

6 Kashmir ( Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham ) 05:41

7 Stairway To Heaven ( Jimmy Page & Robert Plant ) 03:26

8 Night Walker ( Vincent Peirani) 06:55

9 K2000 ( Vincent Peirani) 01:42

10 Falling ( Vincent Peirani) 04:40

11 Unknown Chemistry ( Vincent Peirani) 06:15

12 Smoke & Mirrors ( Vincent Peirani) 04:42

Produced by Vincent Peirani

Recorded by Boris Darley at ICP Studios, Brussels, March 20-23, 2017

Assistant: Paul Edouard Laurendeau

Mixed by Boris Darley and Vincent Peirani at Studio Holy Oak

Mastering by Klaus Scheuermann

Cover art by Olafur Eliasson

NES - Ahlam (ACT MUSIC 2018)

Three languages, three instruments, three artists. One unified musical identity. NES can't be tied down to a specific location. Their music is between traditional Arabic and world music, jazz and pop. "Ahlam" means "dream" in Arabic. The long-held wish of the three NES musicians was to make an internationally released album - a dream which has now quite literally come true.

Nesrine Belmokh / voice & cello (on 3 & 7)

Mathieu Saglio / cello & vocals

David Gadea / percussion

1 Ahlam ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Leïla Guinoun) 04:47

2 You Made It Hard For Me ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 03:38

3 Houzni ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 04:59

4 Bye Bye ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 04:28

5 Allouane ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Leïla Guinoun) 04:55

6 Laisse-Moi Entrer ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 03:19

7 The World Is Blue ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 04:47

8 Le Temps ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 03:42

9 Happy NES ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh) 03:05

10 Prière ( Nesrine Belmokh & Matthieu Saglio / Nesrine Belmokh)

Music composed by Belmokh & Saglio

Produced by NES

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Nicolas Baillard

at Studios La Buissonne, Pernes les Fontaines, France, June 2017

Except cello loops recorded at Cut Records, Valencia, Spain, in January 2017 by Rafa Sánchez

Cover art by Philip Taaffe: Asuka Nimbus, 2013, ACT Art Collection, Berlin

KUU! - Lampedusa Lullaby (ACT MUSIC 2018)

The music on "Lampedusa Lullaby" packs an incredible power. It disturbs, connects, it has a way of getting through to the feet, the head and the soul – and all the same time. KUU! is a band of superlatives. It is an outstanding representation of new European jazz at its most innovative, but also shows on “Lampedusa Lullaby” with razor-sharp precision a way that rock music can function in 2018.

Jelena Kuljić / vocals

Kalle Kalima / guitar

Frank Möbus / guitar

Christian Lillinger / drums

1 Impossible ( Kalle Kalima) 03:54

2 Lampedusa Lullaby ( Kalle Kalima / Essi Kalima) 05:43

3 Scream ( Kalima, Möbus & Lillinger / Kuljic) 04:32

4 On The Mountain ( Kalle Kalima) 04:06

5 Crossing Border In A Milk Truck ( Kalima, Möbus & Lillinger / Kuljic) 07:51

6 About Death ( Kalle Kalima) 03:08

7 My Eyes Are Blind ( Kalle Kalima / Jelena Kuljic) 06:48

8 Thank You Iceland ( Kalima, Möbus & Lillinger / Kuljic) 04:13

9 We Watch Them Fall ( Kalle Kalima) 05:46

Recorded by Zodiaque in Berlin, 2016-2017

Mixed and mastered by Klaus Scheuermann

Produced by the artists

Cover Art: Eri Rama © 2016 “untitled” / Documenta Kassel 2017

courtesy of Galerie Michael Schulz, Berlin

Esbjörn Svensson Trio - e.s.t. songbook Volume 2 (ACT MUSIC 2018)

21 leadsheets for piano - content: dating picnic the chapel good morning susie soho did they ever tell cousteau? what though the way may be long carcrash letter from the leviathan reminiscence of a soul the well-wisher a picture of doris travelling with boris serenade for the renegade definition of a dog strange place for snow o.d.r.i.p. spunky sprawl in my garage somewhere else before brewery of beggars sipping on the solid groundwhere we used to live

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e.s.t. Songbook

Volume II

96 pages

21 e.s.t. works

1 Serenade For The Renegade ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 04:26

2 Strange Place For Snow ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 06:46

3 Spunky Sprawl ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 06:23

4 Carcrash ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 05:05

5 Somewhere Else Before ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 05:36

6 Good Morning Susie Soho ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 05:53

7 Dating ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 05:32

8 Picnic ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 05:01

9 The Chapel ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 04:11

10 Definition of a Dog ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 06:04

11 In My Garage ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 04:16

12 O.D.R.I.P ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 08:19

13 sipping on the solid ground ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 04:32

14 where we used to live ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 04:25

15 brewery of beggars ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 08:22

16 Letter From The Leviathan ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 06:56

17 A Picture Of Doris Travelling With Boris ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 05:40

18 Did They Ever Tell Cousteau? ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 06:02

19 The Well-wisher ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 03:47

20 What Though The Way May Be Long ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 06:20

21 Reminiscence Of A Soul ( Svensson, Esbjörn / Berglund, Dan / Öström, Magnus) 05:45

Emile Parisien Quintet - Sfumato live in Marciac (ACT MUSIC 2018)

Parisien’s “Sfumato” concert at Jazz in Marciac on 8 August 2017 was unforgettable and has been captured for ever on both CD & DVD. His quintet was augmented at this concert by illustrious guests: US trumpet star Wynton Marsalis, French jazz legend Michel Portal and Parisien’s alter ego and long-established duo partner Vincent Peirani. Multi-layered, innovative and experimental, “Sfumato live in Marciac” is packed full of tension, excitement and turbulence. And yet is firmly grounded in jazz, brimming over with playfulness and adventures of improvisation; it is a testament to the intensity and to the magic of live jazz.

Emile Parisien / soprano saxophone

Joachim Kühn / piano

Manu Codjia / guitar

Simon Tailleu / double bass

Mário Costa / drums

Guests:

Wynton Marsalis / trumpet

Vincent Peirani / accordion

Michel Portal / clarinet

1 Le clown tueur de la fête foraine I ( Emile Parisien, Julien Touéry, Ivan Gélugne & Sylvain Darrifourcq) 05:14

2 Le clown tueur de la fête foraine II ( Emile Parisien, Julien Touéry, Ivan Gélugne & Sylvain Darrifourcq) 06:56

3 Le clown tueur de la fête foraine III ( Emile Parisien, Julien Touéry, Ivan Gélugne & Sylvain Darrifourcq) 04:13

4 Temptation Rag ( Henry Lodge) 05:42

5 Transmitting ( Joachim Kühn) 12:43

6 Balladibiza I ( Emile Parisien) 08:22

7 Balladibiza II ( Emile Parisien) 04:56

8 Missing A Page ( Joachim Kühn) 08:09

9 Préambule ( Emile Parisien) 08:00

10 Missing A Page ( Joachim Kühn) 07:47

11 Le clown tueur de la fête foraine I ( Emile Parisien, Julien Touéry, Ivan Gélugne & Sylvain Darrifourcq) 07:39

12 Le clown tueur de la fête foraine II ( Emile Parisien, Julien Touéry, Ivan Gélugne & Sylvain Darrifourcq) 06:54

13 Le clown tueur de la fête foraine III ( Emile Parisien, Julien Touéry, Ivan Gélugne & Sylvain Darrifourcq) 04:16

14 Temptation Rag ( Henry Lodge) 13:38

15 Transmitting ( Joachim Kühn) 12:43

16 Balladibiza I ( Emile Parisien) 08:21

17 Balladibiza II ( Emile Parisien) 04:58

18 Arôme de l’air ( Joachim Kühn) 13:21

19 Poulp ( Emile Parisien) 13:43

Recorded live in concert by Nicolas Djemane at Jazz in Marciac on August 8th, 2017

Mixed by Boris Darley in April 2017

Mastering by Klaus Scheuermann

Produced by Emile Parisien

Video editing by Alice Fave & Nicolas Lecart

Cameras: Florence Pradalier, Cedric Alliot, Ugo Gillino & Mathias Touzeris

Audiovisual director: Jean Marc Birraux

DVD authoring by Platin Media Productions

Jin Jim - Weiße Schatten (ACT MUSIC 2018)

"Vertical lift-off" was how broadcaster NDR described Jin Jim’s rise on the German jazz scene. These words are justified, if one considers the relatively short backstory which now culminates in their ACT debut album “Weiße Schatten” (White Shadows). Their meteoric ascent is based on the innovation which they bring to the music. Latin, jazz and rock all collide here with maximum impact.

Daniel Manrique-Smith / C, alto & bass flutes

Johann May / e-guitar

Ben Tai Trawinski / bass

Nico Stallmann / drums

1 7x7x7 ( Ben Tai Trawinski) 06:08

2 House Of The King ( Jan Akkerman) 04:30

3 Intro Duende ( Daniel Manrique-Smith) 01:13

4 Duende ( Ben Tai Trawinski) 08:58

5 Exploration ( Johann May) 05:57

6 Days Of September ( Johann May) 04:38

7 Dreaming ( Ben Tai Trawinski) 06:49

8 Mankafiza ( Ben Tai Trawinski) 07:20

9 Surface ( Ben Tai Trawinski) 06:40