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ACT Music
ACT is a German record label founded in 1992 by Siegfried Loch. It is a division of ACT + Music Video founded by Loch and Annette Humpe in 1988. ACT started as a pop music label but folded soon after it started. Loch turned it into a jazz label, at first reissuing music he had recorded for Liberty, Philips, and WEA before turning to new recordings. ACT's first release was the album ''Jazzpaña'' by Vince Mendoza and Arif Mardin and featured Michael Brecker, Al Di Meola, and Steve Khan. It earned two Grammy nominations. ACT was voted Label of the Year in the German Echo Jazz online poll four times in a row from 2010 to 2013. Roster ACT artists include Marius Neset, Bugge Wesseltoft, Lars Danielsson, Viktoria Tolstoy, Vijay Iyer, Leszek Mozdzer, Iiro Rantala, Nils Landgren and Esbjörn Svensson Trio. Also: Esbjörn Svensson, Rigmor Gustafsson, and Ulf Wakenius. Artists contracted from other countries are the Norwegian saxophonists Geir Lysne, Tore Brunborg, Frøy Aagre, viol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Jenny-Clark
Jean-François "J.F." Jenny-Clark (12 July 1944 in Toulouse, France – 6 October 1998 in Paris) was a French double bass player. He was estimated as one of the most important bass players of European jazz. Allmusic credits/ref> Together with drummer Aldo Romano he provided the rhythm section for Don Cherry's European quintet of 1965, recorded with Steve Lacy and performed concerts with Keith Jarrett (around 1970) and for Jasper van 't Hof's group ''Pork Pie'' (with Charlie Mariano) (around 1975). As a member of Diego Massons ensemble ''Musique Vivante'' he was interpreting contemporary music compositions by John Cage, Luciano Berio, Mauricio Kagel, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, or Vinko Globokar. Together with Albert Mangelsdorff he led the ''German-French jazz ensemble'', 1984 to 1987. Since 1985 Jenny-Clark was mainly working in an acclaimed trio with German pianist Joachim Kühn Joachim Kurt Kühn (born 15 March 1944) is a German jazz pianist. Biography He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leucocyte (album)
''Leucocyte'' is a posthumous jazz album that Esbjörn Svensson Trio released on 30 September 2008 after pianist Esbjörn Svensson had died in June 2008. Track listing # Decade # Premonition I: Earth # Premonition II: Contorted # Jazz # Still # Ajar # Leucocyte I: Ab Initio # Leucocyte II: Ad Interim # Leucocyte III: Ad Mortem # Leucocyte IV: Ad Infinitum Reception Allmusic found that "more than any other recording issued by this excellent band, Leucocyte captures the art of music making at the moment of conception."Jurek, Thom "Review" Allmusic. (accessed 7 January 2009) PopMatters ''PopMatters'' is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, fi ... said that the album "is refreshing if not always easy or fun listening. E.S.T. could have continued making contemplative or gospel-tinged acoustic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domestic Songs
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Solveig Slettahjell
Solveig Slettahjell (born 2 April 1971 in Bærum, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, known for her soulful, seductive voice. Career Slettahjell had her record debut with the album ''Slow Motion Orchestra'' (2003), contains jazz standards like "All the Way" and " My Heart Belongs to Daddy". It was released after festival appearance at Nattjazz 2002. For her second album, ''Silver'' (2004), her band took the name "Slow Motion Quintet". In 2005, they released ''Pixiedust''. After working with a commission for Vossajazz Festiva (2009), she released the music on the acclaimed album ''Tarpan Seasons'' (2010). In 2012 she acclaimed performance at "Oslo Jazz Festival" 2012 with Gregory Porter. Slettahjell collaborated with Tord Gustavsen and Sjur Miljeteig releasing the albums ''Natt I Betlehem'' (2008) and ''Arven'' (2013) including with Nils Økland. In 2011 she released the album ''Antology'' with Morten Qvenild and in 2015 the album ''Trail of Souls'' with Knut Reiersrud and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuesday Wonderland
''Tuesday Wonderland'' is a 2006 jazz album by Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.). Track list # Fading Maid Preludium 4:10 # Tuesday Wonderland 6:30 # The Goldhearted Miner 4:51 # Brewery Of Beggars 8:22 # Beggar's Blanket 2:53 # Dolores In A Shoestand 8:52 # Where We Used To Live 4:25 # Eighthundred Streets By Feet 6:47 # Goldwrap 3:59 # Sipping On The Solid Ground 4:32 # Fading Maid Postludium 5:08 Personnel *Esbjörn Svensson Trio **Dan Berglund – double bass **Magnus Öström – drums **Esbjörn Svensson Bror Fredrik "Esbjörn" Svensson (16 April 1964 – 14 June 2008) was a Swedish jazz pianist and founder of the jazz group Esbjörn Svensson Trio, commonly known as e.s.t. Svensson became one of Europe's most successful jazz musicians at the tur ... – piano Recorded and mixed at Bohus Sound Recording Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden in March 2006. Mastered at Bohus Mastering. References 2006 albums Esbjörn Svensso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Norberg (musician)
Johan Norberg (; born 1973) is a Swedish author and historian of ideas, devoted to promoting economic globalization and what he describes as classical liberal positions. He is the author of '' In Defense of Global Capitalism'' (2001), '' Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future'' (2016), and '' The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World'' (2023). Since 15 March 2007, he has been a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and since January 2017 an executive editor at Free To Choose Media, where he regularly produces documentaries for US public television. Early life and education Johan Norberg was born in Stockholm, the son of former Swedish National Archivist Erik Norberg and his wife Birgitta. He grew up in the suburb of Hässelby in western Stockholm. In his youth, Norberg was active as an "anti-industrial anarchist" during high school, but later abandoned those views and became a classical liberal. According to the biography given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Knutsson
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Seven Days Of Falling
''Seven Days of Falling'' is a studio album by the Swedish group Esbjörn Svensson Trio that was recorded and released in 2003. The album had the unusual distinction charting on both the top jazz and popular music albums charts. Reception The recording was praised for its accessibility by '' The Times'', and was '' The Birmingham Post''s Jazz CD of the Week. It received the German Jazz and Swedish Grammy-award 2004. Track listing #"Ballad for the Unborn" — 5:32 #"Seven Days of Falling" — 6:26 #"Mingle in the Mincing-Machine" — 6:52 #"Evening in Atlantis" — 0:50 #"Did They Ever Tell Cousteau?" — 6:05 #"Believe, Beleft, Below" — 4:51 #"Elevation of Love" — 6:43 #"In My Garage" — 4:18 #"Why She Couldn't Come" — 6:30 #"O.D.R.I.P." — 14:26 The last track of the CD release – "O.D.R.I.P." – contains a hidden track. The tracks itself ends at 08:19 and after about several minutes of silence the hidden track commences, a vocal rendering of "Believe, Beleft, Belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Place For Snow
''Strange Place for Snow'' is a studio album by the Swedish group Esbjörn Svensson Trio released in 2002. Background The album was recorded in December 2001 and released in Europe on March 1, 2002 by ACT Music. The international release was on June 4, 2002 by Sony BMG Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout o .... Reception The recording was awarded the annual prize of the German Record Critics 2002 and the German Jazz Award. Track listing # "The Message" – 5:16 # "Serenade For The Renegade" – 4:30 # "Strange Place For Snow" – 6:44 # "Behind The Yashmak" – 10:30 # "Bound For The Beauty Of The South" – 5:10 # "Years Of Yearning" – 5:44 # "When God Created The Coffeebreak" – 6:38 # "Spunky Sprawl" – 6:29 # "Carcrash" – 18:01 The last track of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Morning Susie Soho
''Good Morning Susie Soho'' is a studio album by Swedish group Esbjörn Svensson Trio that was released in September 2000 by Sony BMG. The album peaked at No. 15 on the Swedish Sverigetopplistan album chart. All tracks were written by the trio except "The Face of Love", which was written by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, David Robbins, and Tim Robbins. Reception ''Good Morning Susie Soho'' received critical acclaim. Stuart Nicholson of ''JazzTimes'' described the album as "darkly lyrical ndfiercely contemporary". It was named "Album of the Year" for 2000 by ''Jazzwise'' magazine. Track listing #"Somewhere Else Before" – 5:35 #"Do the Jangle" – 5:58 #"Serenity" – 1:50 #"The Wraith" – 9:20 #"Last Letter from Lithuania" – 4:10 #"Good Morning Susie Soho" – 5:51 #"Providence" – 4:53 #"Pavane (Thoughts of a Septuagenarian)" – 3:43 #"Spam-Boo-Limbo" – 4:39 #"The Face of Love" – 6:51 #"Reminiscence of a Soul" – 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter In Venice
''Winter in Venice'' is a studio album by Swedish jazz band Esbjörn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.), released in 1997. It was awarded the Swedish Grammy in 1998 for Best Jazz Album. It was released by the record label ACT Music. Track listing #"Calling Home" #"Winter In Venice" #"At Saturday" #"Semblance Suite In Three Or Four Movements I" #"Semblance Suite In Three Or Four Movements II" #"Semblance Suite In Three Or Four Movements III" #"Semblance Suite In Three Or Four Movements IV" #"Don't Cuddle That Crazy Cat" #"Damned Back Blues" #"In The Fall Of Things" #"As The Crow Flies" #"Second Page" #"Herkules Jonssons Låt" Personnel * Esbjörn Svensson – piano * Dan Berglund – bass * Magnus Öström – drums * Johan Ekelund – producer External links E.S.T. Article on Jazz Police 22 June 2006 E.S.T. Article/interview on All About Jazz 29 November 2004: What Jazz Is, Not Was References {{Authority control 1997 albums Esbjörn Svensson Trio albums ACT Music albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |