Michael Gottfried and Andreas Brandis present: ACT & Friends (4 April 2025)

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:
Terri Lyne Carrington - Jazz is a Spirit [Jazz is a Spirit]
Kudsi Erguner - Adjem Blues [Islam Blues]
Vijay Iyer Trio - Galang [Historicity]
Julia Hülsmann Trio & Rebekka Bakken - Same Girl [Scattering Poems]
Frank Woeste - Moving Light [Pocket Rhapsody]
Ulf Wakenius - Bretagne [Vagabond]
Mighty Sam McClain - Tears of the World [Tears of the World]
Der Rote Bereich - 50.000 Kleine Wichtigtuer [Live in Montreux]
Depart - Timeless Dreams [Reloaded]
Dearest Sister - Leave Me Be [Collective Heart]
Adam Baldych & Yaron Herman - Letter for E [The New Tradition]