Michael Gottfried and Andreas Brandis present: ACT & Friends (5 December 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:
Nils Landgren – Christmas Is Here Again [Christmas With My Friends IX]
Bugge Wesseltoft – Es ist ein Ros entsprungen [It’s Still Snowing on My Piano (live)]
Jazzrausch Bigband – Tochter Zion, freue Dich [Alle Jahre wieder!]
Echoes of Swing feat. Rebecca Kilgore – Snow [Winter Days At Schloss Elmau]
Cécile McLorin Salvant – What Does Blue Mean to You? [Oh Snap]
Vulfpeck – Christmas in L.A. [Thrill of the Arts]
Tore Brunborg – Shelter [Slow Snow]
e.s.t. (Esbjörn Svensson Trio) – Winter in Venice [Winter in Venice]
Scott DuBois – Late Morning Snow [Winter Light]