“From the very start of SHALOSH, we have always said that we would never commit to any one genre but keep our music as open as possible,” drummer Matan Assayag says. “It’s the best way to bring ourselves fully to each song and the only way to stay truly authentic.” In more than a decade since its founding, the trio has made its signature this freewheeling, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Since the release of his ACT debut Letter to the Universe (2023) and its follow-up Highlife (2024), Ghanaian-born trumpeter Peter Somuah, now based in Rotterdam, has established himself as a bridge-builder between cultures and continents. “An excellent musician and jazz at its most international,” notes the BBC. For the globetrotting Peter Somuah, musical influences ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
With their ACT debut Circadia, Mammal Hands are opening a new chapter: they are deepening their rhythms, expanding their sound spectrum, and confirming their position as one of the most innovative British instrumental bands. New drummer Rob Turner brings new energy, electronic textures, and fresh grooves. The album, which deals with transformation, cycles, and ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
On Time to Live, virtuoso saxophonist and composer Marius Neset once again proves why he stands among the most compelling voices in contemporary jazz. His energy, breathtaking technique and fearless musical imagination have long drawn world class musicians from across genres to collaborate with him. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Big Band
Nils Landgren’s 70th birthday is approaching – it will be on 15 February 2026 – and that provides a moment to reflect not only on the scale of his achievement, but also the astonishingly wide range of roles which his life in music has involved. He is one of the most successful European jazz musicians of the past few decades. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Since their founding in 2012, the vision string quartet has stood out for its genre-defying approach and fearless flexibility — performing classical repertoire from memory, composing its own works, and blurring boundaries between classical, rock, jazz, and minimalism. ...
Composer: Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Florian Willeitner, Bella Bartók (1881-1945), Joel Lyssarides
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Vocalist Viktoria Tolstoy and pianist/keyboard player Jacob Karlzon have worked together as close musical companions and friends for nearly three decades. So, when they choose to call their album Who We Are, it is far more than just an album title: they are making a statement. What they are offering is a kind of musical self-portrait. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
Shiraz, the Act debut by Dhafer Youssef, is the most personal album in the career of the world- renowned oud player and singer. In vibrant songs, it tells the story of the most important encounter of his life: meeting his wife, Shiraz Fradi. ...
Genre: World Music
Subgenre: Worldbeat
In the world of jazz, mastering the standards is an essential part of every jazz student's education. I experienced this myself back in the 90s while studying at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music. Now, thirty years later, I have decided to bring this timeless repertoire finally to the stage. My inner voice whispered to me, "Iiro, now is the ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Now it's time to build on this brilliant start and explore new possibilities for artistic development. Emma Rawicz quickly landed on the scene, studied at the Royal Academy and tried to take in as much input as possible that could point her in new directions. This includes the sextet with which she has now recorded ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
The album PLAY brings together for the first time two of the most important American musicians of the current generation, forging new paths in jazz and far beyond: trumpeter Theo Croker and pianist Sullivan Fortner. The two have known each other for more than 20 years, but PLAY is their first recording together as leaders. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Someone once asked me: is there not an end to Christmas songs? The answer is simple: no, there is not. As long as we celebrate Christmas, there will be songs celebrating the occasion in one way or the other. There is no way I can describe the feeling when another recording session is finished. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
It's Still Snowing on My Piano (Live)
Bugge Wesseltoft's album "It's Snowing On My Piano" is a beautifully crafted Christmas jazz album, awarded Gold and Platinum with a timeless, serene sound. "It's Still Snowing On My Piano Live" brings a handful of recordings from Wesseltoft's Christmas concerts in Norway into your living room. The live recordings from December 2024 were taken from Nøtterøy Kulturhus, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Living Being IV (Time Reflections)
Yesterday, 2011: Vincent, Yoann, Tony, Julien... and one more. A group of pals, each one having left Nice independently and ended up in Paris. They adopt Émile, also from Southern France, but from further west. Today: natural affinities, a leader who calls the shots, and they use jazz to embrace a wide musical ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Lumen is the deeply personal and introspective new solo album by pianist and composer Bill Laurance. Recorded in the stillness of night inside an empty church, the album captures a rare and intimate moment of communion between artist, instrument, and space. Though not religious, Laurance describes the experience as almost spiritual—guided more by the music ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Pianist David Helbock, bassist and cellist Julia Hofer have things in common: a playful curiosity combined with the urge to try out new things and to have fun. Both of these Austrians are also perfectionists...and natural communicators...and that’s why their musical combination works so well. “I was looking for a new duo partner,” says ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
With “ok”, his new album and ACT debut, French trumpeter ‘daoud’ offers a quiet manifesto - a record shaped by contrast and contradiction, by collapse and the stubborn act of beginning again. Built around the idea of accepting what cannot be changed. He explains: “The whole record is built around the concept of reluctant acceptance of things that you can’t ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Crossover Jazz
“The more new discoveries you make, the more you go back to the beginning,” observes pianist Vincent Meissner. The music on his third album, ‘Eigengrau’, is characterized by an inward gaze, by his reflections on experiences and encounters that have been meaningful to him. Together with his working trio, Josef Zeimetz on bass and Henri Reichmann ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Jazz, Middle Eastern traditions, metal, electronica, classical music...many of the different musical paths which Israeli pianist and keyboardist Sharon Mansur has followed since childhood have converged in her debut album for ACT, ‘Trigger’. At a time when the world is riven with tensions and contradictions, her fascinating, personal musical stories bring hope; her ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XVI: Piano Night II
Four unique top-flight European jazz pianists, each with limitless freedom of expression. Limitless joy too for the audience in the completely full main hall of the Philharmonie Berlin. But perhaps there is also something even more im-portant here: music’s unique power to unite people. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
