Michael Wollny Trio – Ghosts (release date 30 Sep 2022)(ACT 9956-2. CD review by Mike Collins) With the release of Ghosts, pianist Michael Wollny reunites the trio that recorded Weltentraum, the 2014 […]
Michael Wollny Trio – ‘Ghosts’
Camille Bertault and David Helbock – ‘Playground’
Camille Bertault and David Helbock – Playground (ACT 9951-2. Album review by Alison Bentley Prepare to be dazzled by this extraordinary duo: Austrian pianist David Helbock and French singer Camille Bertault. Both […]
Emile Parisien – ‘Louise’
Emile Parisien – Louise(ACT 9943-2. Album review by Jon Turney) The impish French Soprano sax specialist Emile Parisien is a Euro-jazz star but here brings three US players into his band to […]
New Edition of ‘The Jazz Podcast’ with Emile Parisien (album ‘Louise’ with sextet incl. Theo Croker)
Sebastian writes: This will not be news to regular listeners to The Jazz Podcast: for a few months, the programme, started in February 2017 by Rob Cope and Dan Farrant, and with […]
Wollny/ Parisien / Lefebvre / Lillinger – ‘XXXX’
Wollny – Parisien – Lefebvre – Lillinger – XXXX (ACT 9924-2 . Album review by Jon Turney) The ACT label has built a roster of artists that means you should expect the unexpected […]
Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine – ‘Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XI: The Last Call’
Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine – Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XI: The Last Call (ACT 9929-2. CD Review by Adam Sieff) Guitarists Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine have history going back to […]
Nesrine – ‘Nesrine’
Nesrine – Nesrine (ACT 9919-2. CD review by Alison Bentley) Singer/composer/cellist Nesrine sings in French, Arabic and English and her songs are full of African-based grooves and engaging harmonies. The first thing […]
Michael Wollny – ‘Mondenkind’
Michael Wollny – Mondenkind(ACT 9765-2. CD review by Mike Collins) The far side of the moon is a traditional source of mystery. When it was visible to Apollo 11 as it orbited […]
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic X – “East – West”
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic X – East-West (ACT 9913-2. CD review by Alison Bentley) The bands on this live recording from the Kammermusiksaal of the Berlin Philharmonie in November 2019 seem to […]
Matthieu Saglio – “El camino de los vientos”
Matthieu Saglio – El camino de los vientos (ACT 9912-2. CD review by Alison Bentley) Music brings back memories of places, and sometimes creates new ones too. Cellist Matthieu Saglio lives in […]
Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin with Bill Frisell – “Americana”
Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin with Bill Frisell – Americana (ACT Music 9049-2. CD review by Peter Bacon) What’s this? Brothers In Arms? Clearly not a bunch of British jazzers, then. At the risk […]
Echoes of Swing – “Winter Days at Schloss Elmau”
Echoes of Swing – Winter Days at Schloss Elmau (ACT 9105-2 CD Review by Peter Vacher) I’ve enjoyed a number of this long-established international quartet’s previous ACT releases. Their neat re-runs of […]
Marius Neset & London Sinfonietta – Viaduct
Marius Neset & London Sinfonietta – Viaduct (ACT 9048-2. Album review by Rob Mallows) Peanut butter and jam (or jelly, if you’re American). On the face of it, it shouldn’t make sense in a sandwich: […]
e.s.t. – e.s.t. live in Gothenburg
e.s.t. – e.s.t. live in Gothenburg (ACT Music ACT 9046-2. CD review by Adrian Pallant) What more can be said, what more can be heard of a band who, between 1993 and 2008, […]
Serena Fisseau, Vincent Peirani – So Quiet
Serena Fisseau, Vincent Peirani – So Quiet (ACT. 9884-2. CD Review by Alison Bentley) In the liner notes to So Quiet, French-Indonesian singer Serena Fisseau and French accordion-player Vincent Peirani “invite us […]
