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ACT Music Week at All About Jazz

September 22, 2012

We continue our celebration of ACT Music with a free MP3 from the Vijay Iyer Trio's latest release Accelerando. Not familiar with ACT Music? Read Jakob Baekgaard's profile “ACT: 20 Years of Magical Music“ published earlier this week. Download “Lude" and five other free MP3s from ACT Music. Lude (4:54) Vijay Iyer ...

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Lude

September 22, 2012

Album: Accelerando
By Vijay Iyer
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2012
Duration: 4:54

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The Moon, The Stars And You

September 21, 2012

Album: The Moon, The Stars and You
By Nils Landgren
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2013
Duration: 3:28

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Running

September 20, 2012

Album: More
By Jacob Karlzon
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2012
Duration: 6:46

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Wasted & Wanted

September 19, 2012

Album: Wasted & Wanted
By Michael Wollny
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2012
Duration: 3:35

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For Zbiggy

September 18, 2012

Album: Imaginary Room
By Adam Bałdych
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2012
Duration: 3:40

Article: Record Label Profile

ACT: 20 Years of Magical Music

by Jakob Baekgaard
September 17, 2012

Nowadays, creating a record label is closer to the norm than the exception. The real sign of success in a fleeting music business, where the sale of records constantly declines, is staying power. This year, 2012, the German record label ACT Music is able to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Not a mean feat for a company ...

Article: Album Review

Lars Danielsson: Liberetto

Read "Liberetto" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 11, 2012

In Liberetto Lars Danielsson dà fondo a tutta la sua eleganza compositiva ed espressiva, in dodici brani nei quali viene affiancato da una band di valore assoluto. Sono quasi tutti originali del bassista svedese, tranne alcuni firmati dal pianista Tigran Hamasyan e un tradizionale armeno riarrangiato per l'occasione, che ben figura in una scaletta stilisticamente omogenea. ...

Article: Album Review

Bugge & Henning: Last Spring

Read "Last Spring" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
September 5, 2012

With such a focus on jazz, it's easy to forget that, at the end of the day, all music is--or, at least, comes from-- improvised music. Whether drawn from the ether and performed in real time or written down on manuscript, it's still drawn from the ether. Classical music has its own history in improvisation, ranging ...

Article: Album Review

Jessica Pilnas: Norma Deloris Egstrom – A Tribute To Peggy Lee

Read "Norma Deloris Egstrom – A Tribute To Peggy Lee" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
September 3, 2012

Peggy Lee is not an artist who is usually associated with Sweden, but as Norma Deloris Egstrom--A Tribute To Peggy Lee indicates, her real name comes straight from her family's roots in that Scandinavian country. Singer Jessica Pilnäs is Swedish, although this link is of relatively little importance to the music on offer here. More vitally, ...