Michael Wollny Trio Live: Wartburg

Christian Weber | Emile Parisien | Eric Schaefer | Michael Wollny

The Leipzig-based pianist Michael Wollny has been the main attraction of the ACT label's stable of emerging German jazz musicians...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Jesse Fischer: Resilience

The young Brooklyn-based multi-keyboardist's contemporary mainstream groove pop-fusion draws subtle influences from folky roots music but it's rather bland and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2020

Ulysses Owens Jr.: Unanimous

Christian McBride | Christian Sands | Jaleel Shaw | Michael Dease | Nicholas Payton | Ulysses Owens Jr.

Criss Cross boss, producer Gerry Teekens really goes back to the label's roots with this no-nonsense, contemporary hard bop date....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2012

Scott Jeppesen: Wonders

A rising star in the tough Joe Henderson- mentored tenor mould, this Los Angeles resident combines a mainstream fusion with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Clemens Christian Pötzsch: People and Places

A calming step-back-from-life solo recording by a Leipzig pianist for London based singer Alya Marquardt’s label with a feel for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Scott DuBols: Winter Light

The American guitarist's debut for ACT is a programmatic suite evoking the winter as it turns from dawn to dusk,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Philip Dizack: The End of an Era

Aaron Parks | Brooke Quiggins Saulnier | Jake Saslow | Joe Sanders | Justin Brown | Kendrick Scott | Linda Oh | Maria Jeffers | Matt Aronoff | Nora Krohn

New generation trumpeter Philip Dizack's second album is a heartfelt probe into the melancholy of personal loss and rage in...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Scott DuBois: Summer Water

DuBois’ chiming ambient-rock solo guitar shifts from mellow to melodically stormy in the third in a series of programmatic albums...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2021

Album Interview: Christian McBride: The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons

Carl Maraghi | Christian McBride | Daryl Shaw | Doug Purviance | Frank Greene | Freddie Hendrix | Geoffrey Keezer | James Burton | Lew Soloff | Loren Schoenberg

A great contemporary bassist, McBride has also become an important educator and advocate for both the artform and African-American culture...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2020

Alexander Flood: Heartbeat

Mentore›d by Christian Scott, this dexterous Australian student drummer debuts with a sledgehammer approach to his hi-energy mix ‘n’ match...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2020