Michael Gottfried and Andreas Brandis present: ACT & Friends (30 January 2026)

For the German label ACT, jazz is a language, a vocabulary, an idea that connects genres, cultures and individuals. In their show “ACT & Friends”, Andreas Brandis, head of ACT and publicist / A&R Michael Gottfried play and talk about new and old ACT releases as well as music that follows a similar spirit of jazz as a genre- and border-crossing music for open-minded listeners.

Playlist:
Theo Croker & Sullivan Fortner – A Prayer for Peace [PLAY]
Mammal Hands – Window to Your World [Circadia]
Emma Rawicz – Time, and Other Thieves [Inkyra]
Dhafer Youssef – Shiraz [Shiraz]
Nils Landgren & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra – Love of My Life [Love of My Life]
Nate Smith – Undefeated [Live Action]
Joel Ross – Be Patient [Gospel Music]
Viktoria Tolstoy & Jacob Karlzon – Satellites [Who We Are]
Rantala / Mäensivu / Lund – Fais Dodo, Cola Mon P’tit Frère [Trinity]

Intro and outro music: Peter Somuah – A Thought of You [Letter to the
Universe]