One of the most successful compilation series in European jazz and a cross-section of the current ACT program, put together by Siggi Loch. With Lars Danielsson, Birgit Minichmayr, Nesrine, KUU !, David Helbock, Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Jazzrausch Bigband, Jan Lundgren, Johanna Summer, Joachim Kühn and many more.
"More than any other art form, music touches people directly," is ACT founder Siggi Loch's credo. For nearly 30 years, the core of what the label does has been to find and to promote the artists who can inspire the mind, reach the heart and touch the soul, and who do so in ways that have a lasting impact. Perhaps this has never been more important than now in the time of the pandemic, when culture has been silenced, when people have felt emotionally isolated and – far too often – the only “reality” has been virtual.With sixteen tracks from the current ACT release schedule, "Magic Moments 14" gathers together all of the power of "Music in the Spirit of Jazz", this world language beyond words which is understandable to everyone. It not only brings people together, it also moves and inspires them. ACT’s main...
Recording Information Curated by Siggi Loch
Cover art by Olafur Eliasson:
The constant colour circle, 2008
courtesy gallery neugerriemschneider, Berlin