Three plus one. With the arrival of vocalist Melane Nkounkolo, Three Fall have grown to four, and opened up new worlds of sound. When they were a trio, their blend of jazz, funk and hiphop already gave them considerable stylistic range and variety, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Adam Bałdych’s new album is called “Brothers,” and is dedicated to the memory of his brother who passed away. The violinist is able truly to portray the entire gamut of emotions through music. In the pianissimo moments it is replete ....
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Unbreakable opens with the title song, Nils Landgren’s own composition. It begins with an unmistakeable guitar intro by Detroit funk legend Ray Parker Jr. (for the occasion an “Honorary Funk Unit member”) a funky riff that sets the pace for what’s to follow; a nonstop funk blowout. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
For once, here’s a band for which the word 'supergroup' is completely apposite. Swiss vocalist Andreas Schaerer, German pianist Michael Wollny, French accordionist Vincent Peirani and his saxophonist compatriot Emile Parisien are four of the brightest and most ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
For Lars Danielsson, that consummate craftsman of sound on both cello and bass, the power of music resides in melody. It is the heart from which everything else develops, and his Liberetto ensemble has stayed true to this principle again in its third album. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
Eric Schaefer has been described as the “central shining star of the German jazz scene” by the prestigious weekly Die Zeit, while the Munich broadsheet Süddeutsche Zeitung has referred to the “wide-ranging inspiration that he brings to the jazz world.” ...
Genre: Jazz
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When it comes to jazz musicians improving with age, the pianist Richie Beirach is a perfect example. With the release of “Live at Birdland New York” the pianist-composer is celebrating his 70th birthday, and demonstrates he’s still at the top of his game alongside ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Enigmatic and profound: The title of Natalia Mateo’s album, “De Profundis” - meaning ‘out of the depths’ in Latin - sets the tone: the inspirational well-springs for her music are both personal and profound. Subtle, knowing songs leave the listener in no doubt of a determination ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
The Jubilee Album (Twenty Five Magic Years)
ACT is proud to mark this milestone with a “Jubilee Album”. However, the label has taken care to steer well clear of the predictable. Except three tracks everything on the album is being released for the first time. ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Com
For their 5th album, German trumpeter Julian and pianist Roman Wasserfuhr are in Brooklyn. If Brooklyn were not one of the five boroughs of New York City, its 2.6 million inhabitants would make it the 4th largest city ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Modern Jazz
“Just as the reconstruction of Potsdamer Platz is, in a sense, a symbol of the new Germany,” says Lundgren. “as the title here it stands for the kind of positive force that I feel should always ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Nguyên Lê's new album, which will be released on ACT on January 2017 features a new collaboration - Hà Nôi Duo - with Ngô Hồng Quang. Nguyên Lê defines what lies at the heart of this collaboration: ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
There is a synonym for the words diversity, curiosity and zeal: Nils Landgren. “Mr. Red Horn” swings brilliantly from one perspective to the next, also because he needs this constant change. Landgren embodies not one but two souls:
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Mainstream Jazz
With their all-embracing vision of jazz, Esbjörn Svensson Trio (pianist Esbjörn Svensson, bassist Dan Berglund and drummer Magnus Oström) was without doubt one of the most widely admired and influential European instrumental
Genre: Jazz
