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Nguyen Le & Ngo Hong Quang: Ha Noi Duo
by Ian Patterson
After exploring the pop culture of the 1960s/1970s in Songs of Freedom (ACT Music, 2011) and paying big-band tribute to Pink Floyd's iconic album on Celebrating The Dark Side of the Moon (ACT Music, 2014), French guitarist/producer Nguyên Lê returns to explore his Vietnamese ancestry on Hà Nôi Duo, with vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Ngô Hồng Quang and several ...
Joachim Kühn/Chris Jennings/Eric Schaefer: Beauty & Truth
by Karl Ackermann
German born pianist/composer Joachim Kühn is not without a global following though it's a shame that he is not more widely recognized in the US. Having spent much of his professional life in Paris, he did occupy some time between, residing in California. His musical interests are as broad as the roster of top-tier artists he ...
Marius Neset/London Sinfonietta: Snowmelt
by Ian Patterson
That Marius Neset would eventually produce an extended orchestral-inspired work had been on the cards for some time. As early as his debut as leader, Suite for the Seven Mountains (Calibrated, 2008), the Norwegian saxophonist was incorporating strings into a contemporary jazz setting with a very personal stamp of authority. The extraordinary Birds (Edition Records, 2013) ...
Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr: Landed in Brooklyn
by Karl Ackermann
German brothers Julian and Roman Wasserfuhr have been highly regarded talents in their home country since they were teenagers. Signed to the ACT label in 2006, their debut album that year, Remember Chet (for Chet Baker), showed remarkable maturity. By their sophomore outing Upgraded in Gothenburg (2009), the brothers had sufficient brand equity to draw bassist ...
Various Artists: E.S.T. Symphony
by Karl Ackermann
One of the most widely popular piano trios in modern memory, e.s.t. combined jazz, classical, rock, and extended techniques in an organic and original way that hasn't been heard before. Since the tragic, accidental death of the visionary pianist/composer Esbjörn Svensson in 2008, there have been a handful of piano trios that provided a glimmer of ...
Jan Lundgren: Potsdamer Platz
by Bruce Lindsay
Pianist Jan Lundgren is a fine example of a classically-trained European musician with a strong empathy with mainstream jazz. Potsdamer Platz is, in turn, a fine example of Lundgren's ability to compose fresh-sounding and often beautiful tunes, allied to a talented quartet of players who know just how to bring the pianist's ideas to life.
Winter Light
By Scott DuBois
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: First Light Tundra; Early Morning Forest; Late Morning Snow; Noon White Mountain; Afternoon Ice Fog; Evening Blizzard; Night Tundra.
High Noon
By Kalle Kalima
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: Santy Anno; Ghost Riders In The Sky; Ballad Of The Alamo; Jääkärimarssi; Lännen Lokari; High Noon; El Paso; Hallelujah; Little Joe The Wrangler; Man Of Mystery; The High And The Mighty; The Green Leaves Of Summer; South Of The Border.
Invisible Man
By Jukka Perko
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: Invisible Man; Like Father Like Son; Tears In Heaven; He Left The Road; Pimento; Sweet Solitude; Nameless Angel; Awakening; Helmi; Open Door; Don’t Give Up; Pavane.
Some Other Time
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: Overture: America; Some Other Time; Cool; Maria; Somewhere; The Story
Of My Life; One Hand, One Heart; Something's Coming; Lonely Town; A
Quiet Girl; Lucky To Be Me; A Simple Song.
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