Various Artists - Magic Moments 16 [CD]

Act Music

£13.77

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: ACT9977-2
Barcode: 0614427997722
Release Date: 22 Sep 2023
Genre: Jazz

 Over 70 minutes of the best jazz infotainment.
 ‘Magic Moments’ is one of the most successful compilation series of European jazz and shows a cross section of the current ACT program.
 Compiled by Siggi Loch.
 Cover art by Christoph Brech.

Tracklisting
Chapter II (Michael Wollny) - Album: ‘4 Wheel Drive II’
Nils Landgren, trombone / Michael Wollny, piano / Lars Da-nielsson, bass / Wolfgang Haffner, drums
Reincarnation (Peter Somuah) - Album: ‘Letter to the Universe’
Peter Somuah, trumpet / Gyedu Blay Ambolley, vocals / Jesse Schilderink, sax / Anton de Bruin, keys / Marijn van de Ven, bass / Jens Meijer, drums / Danny Rombout & Thomas Nii Lantey Botchway, percussion
Wade in the Water (traditional, arr. by Roberto Di Gioia) - Album: ‘Groove Connection’
Jakob Manz, alto sax / Roberto Di Gioia, keys / Karin Hammar, trombone / Bruno Müller, guitar / Tim Lefebvre, electric bass / Per Lindvall, drums
Irta (Matthieu Saglio) - Album: ‘Voices’
Matthieu Saglio, cello / Camille Saglio, vocals / Steve Shehan, drums / Christian Belhomme, keys / Léo Ullmann, violin
Esperanza (Marc Perrone) - Album: ‘Les Égarés’
Ballaké Sissoko, kora / Vincent Segal, cello / Emile Parisien, soprano saxophone / Vincent Peirani, accordion
Silk and Sand (Nguyên Lê) - Album: ‘Silk and Sand’
Nguyên Lê, guitar / Chris Jennings, acoustic bass / Rhani Krija, percussion
Sant Esteve (Michael League) - Album: ‘Where You Wish You Were’
Bill Laurance, piano / Michael League, oud
Lviv (Lars Danielsson) - Album: ‘Symphonized’
Lars Danielsson, double bass / Grégory Privat, piano / John Parricelli, guitar / Magnus Öström, drums / Gothenburg Sym-phony Orchestra
The Peace Inside (Wolfgang Haffner) - Album: ‘Silent World’
Wolfgang Haffner, drums / Till Brönner, flugelhorn / Simon Oslender, keys / Thomas Stieger, bass / Rhani Krija, perc
Unexpected Love (Nils Kugelmann) - Album: ‘Stormy Beauty’
Nils Kugelmann, bass / Luca Zambito, piano / Sebastian Wolf-gruber, drums
Corcovado (Antônio Carlos Jobim, English lyrics by Gene Lees) - Album: ‘Your Requests’
Laila Biali, vocals & piano / Grégoire Maret, harmonica / George Koller, acoustic bass / Ben Wittman, drums
Xanadu I (Emma Rawicz) - Album: ‘Chroma’
Emma Rawicz, tenor saxophone / Ivo Neame, piano / Ant Law, guitar / Conor Chaplin, bass / Asaf Sirkis, drums
Young Folks (Peter Morén, Björn Yttling & John Eriksson) - Album: ‘Wille’
Vincent Meissner, piano / Josef Zeimetz, bass / Henri Reich-mann, drums
Untold Stories (Kalle Kalima & Essi Kalima) - Album: ‘Evolution’
Andreas Schaerer, voc / Kalle Kalima, guitar / Tim Lefebvre, b
Schubert (Johanna Summer) - Album: ‘Resonanzen’
Johanna Summer, piano
Monteverdi and His Ideas (Iiro Rantala) - Album: ‘Veneziana’
Iiro Rantala, piano & conductor / Mitglieder der Berliner Philharmoniker
Balini (Gnaoua traditional) - Album: ‘Catching Ghosts’
Peter Brötzmann, tenor saxophone / Majid Bekkas, guembri & voice / Hamid Drake, drums