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ACT: 20 Years of Magical Music

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JAKOB BAEKGAARD,
Jakob Baekgaard

Jakob Baekgaard

Contributor since 2007

Jakob is still amazed by the ability of jazz to constantly transform itself as an art form.

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Published: September 17, 2012

Tracks: Behind The Stars; Inner City, City Lights; The Left Lane; Houston, The 5th; Three Falling Free Part I; Three Falling Free Part II; The Childhood Dream.

Personnel: Esbjörn Svensson: piano, electronics, transistor radio; Dan Berglund: double bass, electronics; Magnus Öström: drums, voices, electronics.

Accelerando

Tracks: Bode; Optimism; The Star of a Story; Human Nature (Trio Extension); Wildflower; Mmmhmm; Little Pocket Size Demons; Lude; Accelerando; Actions Speak; The Village of the Virgins.

Personnel: Vijay Iyer: piano; Stephan Crump: bass; Marcus Gilmore: drums.

Wasted & Wanted

Tracks: Wasted & Wanted; Symphony No. V, Mov. 1: Trauermarsch; Metall; Blank; Kulintang; Cembalo Manifeszt; Wasserklavier; Ihr Bild; Nr. 10; Das Modell; Dario; Whiteout. Bonus CD (Live At JazzFest Berlin 2011): Wasted & Wanted; Blank; Metall; The Fearless Vampire Killers.

Personnel: Michael Wollny: piano, spinet; Eva Kruse: bass, glockenspiel; Eric Schaefer: drums, kulintang, melodica.

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