ACT: Magic Moments series discography This is a discography of albums released in the ACT Magic Moments series. The albums are listed chronologically. The Magic Moments series of compilations was released from 2000 onwards. The main section of the list below shows the numbered releases in the series. A small section at the bottom of the page lists other ACT compilations that incorporate the "Magic Moments" phrase but are not part of the numbered series. ACT pages on the site: ACT albums are listed in groups based on the main numeric part of the catalog number. Most of these numeric sequences comprise the main run of ACT albums. A few of the sequences were used to group together various editions and series. In addition to the catalog number pages the site also provides lists of albums released on a number of sublabels and series. ACT albums by : catalog number ACT sub labels : and series 6000-6023  |   7000-7009  |   9000-9070  |   9100-9105  |   9200-9299  |   9400-9499  |   9500-9599  |   9600-9699  |   9700-9799  |   9800-9899  |   9900-9999  |   ACT20  |   Christmas With My Friends  |   Duo Art  |   Essentials  |   Fahrt Ins Blaue  |   Jazz At Berlin Philharmonic  |   Magic Moments  |   Nu Jazz  |   Piano Works  |   Signature Edition  |   Vocal Jazz  |   World's Great Jazz Orchestras  |   young german jazz  |

Magic Moments: The Ultimate ACT World Jazz Anthology Vol. IV, Various Artists, 2000, ACT CD 9280-2 Tracks : Massanicissé (Soriba Kouyaté), Cortesanos (Javier Paxariño / Glen Velez), Dodge The Dodo (E.S.T.), Encanto (Nguyên Lê), Sufimaj (Kudsi Erguner), Malka Moma (Schäl Sick Brass Band), Back To Ed-E (Bazillus), Six Beauties On A Rooftop (Nils Landgren Funk Unit / Fred Wesley), Oslodum (Gilberto Gil), The Man With The Harmonica (Jens Thomas), Deus Xango (Larry Coryell / Philip Catherine / Joachim Kühn), Vem Kan Segla Förutan Vind (The Real Group), Itinéraires/Verticalement (Michael Riessler), Lovers On The Mountain (Huong Thanh / Nguyên Lê), Ferma L'Ali (Christof Lauer), Pavane (Vince Mendoza / WDR Big Band Köln), Mountain Blues (Steve Klink), Epilogue (Sidsel Endresen / Bugge Wesseltoft)

Magic Moments 2: The Ultimate ACT World Jazz Anthology Vol. VI, Various Artists, 2004, ACT CD 9440-2 Tracks : O.D.R.I.P. (Radio Edit) (E.S.T. Esbjörn Svensson Trio), I Walk The Line (Radio Edit) (Norah Jones / Joel Harrison), La Habana A Oscuras (Gerardo Nuñez / Paolo Fresu / Perico Sambeat), Dear Diary (Viktoria Tolstoy), Ethiopia (T.L. Carrington / G. Osby / A. Rogers / J. Haslip), Dilsburgh Morning Light (Ramón Valle Trio), Bye Bye Blackbird (Muriel Zoe), Mirall (Radio Edit) (Perico Sambeat / Brad Mehldau), Same Girl (Rebekka Bakken / Julia Hülsmann Trio), Chant (Radio Edit) (Richie Beirach / Gregor Huebner / George Mraz), South Delta Song (Huong Thanh / Nguyên Lê / Paul McCandless), Hand In Hand (Radio Edit) (Marsmobil / Roberto Di Gioia / Till Brönner), Makin' Whoopee (Rigmor Gustafsson / Nils Landgren), Freak Taeb (Radio Edit) (Elbtonalpercussion / Christopher Dell), Be Yourself (Jens Thomas / Christof Lauer), Thank You For The Music (Nils Landgren Funk Unit)

Magic Moments 3: The Ultimate ACT World Jazz Anthology Vol. VII, Various Artists, 2005, ACT CD 9450-2 Tracks : Welcome To What You Hear (Heinz Sauer, Michael Wollny), Dancing (Ulf Wakenius, Lars Danielsson, Morten Lund), From Above (Viktoria Tolstoy), Don Camillo's Revenge (Colin Steele, Dave Milligan), Don't Take Your Love To Hollywood (Nils Landgren, Joe Sample), Rainbow Sign (Peter Apfelbaum & The New York Hieroglyphics), What Is This Thing Called Love (Solveig Slettahjell), Jämtpelle (Jonas Knutsson, Johan Norberg), You Are My Sunshine (Kevin Hays), Mood Indigo (Albert Mangelsdorff, NDR Bigband), Windows Of The World (Rigmor Gustafsson, The Jacky Terrasson Trio), African Blues (Elbtonalpercussion, Christopher Dell), Have A Good Time (Muriel Zoe), Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz (Young Friends, Michael Wollny, Florian Trübsbach), Fahrn, Fahrn, Fahrn Auf Der Autobahn (Jazzindeed, Michael Schiefel), The Rube Thing (e.s.t.)

Magic Moments 4: Jazz Is Cool, Various Artists, 2010, ACT 9550-2 Tracks : Azul (Wolfgang Haffner), Sir Revival (Roberto Di Gioia`s Marsmobil & Wigald Bonig), Brutal Truth (Ida Sand), Blues Panic (Chris Gall Trio), We Were Indians (Solveig Slettahjell - Slow Motion Quintet), Spam-Boo-Limbo (Radio Edit) (Esbjörn Svensson Trio), Fragile (Nils Landgren, Vladyslav Sendecki, Lars Danielsson & NDR Big Band), Yo Vivo Enamorao (Jan Lundgren), Hang 'Em High (Oddjob), Silver White Man (Josephine Cronholm & actum est?), The Madonna (Lars Danielsson), Jockey Full of Bourbon (Youn Sun Nah), Galang (Trio Riot Version) (Vijay Iyer), ZigZag Blues (Céline Bonacina Trio), Si ay perdut mon sabre (Knut Rössler, Johannes Vogt & Between The Times), The Wind and the Leaves (Tonbruket), There Must Be an Angel (Jessica Pilnäs), Nach Hause (McJazz)

Magic Moments 5: In The Spirit of Jazz, Various Artists, 2013, ACT 9560-2 Tracks : Visa Från Utanmyra (Jan Johansson / Georg Riedel), Svantetic (Leszek Mozdzer), Eleanor Rigby (Nguyên Lê, Youn Sun Nah), Lasciatemi Morire (Danilo Rea - Flavio Boltro), Midnight Walk (J. & R. Wasserfuhr - Lars Danielsson / Wolfgang Haffner), Come On, Come Over (Viktoria Tolstoy / Jacob Karlzon), Heartbeat (Wolfgang Haffner - Sebastian Studnitzky), Fragile (Nils Landgren / Michael Wollny), Prelude In D-Minor (Esbjörn Svensson), Love Is Real (Ida Sand / Nils Landgren), Piano Break Song (Magnus Öström), Le Var (Tonbruket / Dan Berglund), Shelley (Wollny / Kruse / Schaefer [em]), Eleven Feels Like Heaven (Mo' Blow), Under The Bridge (Three Fall), No Air (Cæcilie Norby / Lars Danielsson), One More Waltz For Michel Petrucciani (Iiro Rantala), At The End Of This Album (Verneri Pohjola)

Magic Moments 6: In The Spirit Of Jazz, Various Artists, 2013, ACT 9590-2 Tracks : Margit Hjukse (Wesseltoft/Kraggerud), Fool's Gold (Jacob Karlzon), Lament (Youn Sun Nah), Melodia del viento (Wolfgang Haffner), Waltz For JB (Vincent Peirani), The Room of Imagination (Adam Baldych), Someone Like You (Torsten Goods), Glocken (Dieter Ilg), Tears of Love (Christian Muthspiel), Bayrum (Céline Bonacina), Stepping Stone (Cæcilie Norby), Troubadour (Klaus Paier & Asja Valcic), The Great He Goat (Radio Edit) (Arne Jansen), Birch Song (In The Country), Suffering (Iiro Rantal & Leszek Mozdzer), Volcano For Hire (radio.string.quartet.vienna)

Magic Moments 7 Sounds of Surprise, Various Artists, 2014, ACT 9595-2 Tracks : Egyptian Fantasy (Vincent Peirani & Emile Parisien), Grace (Lars Danielsson), Broken Wings (Nils Landgren), A Reflection (Pierrick Pédron), Dead End Street (Tobias Christl), Polygon (Michael Wollny & Marius Neset), Karma (Iiro Rantala), Ned I Vester Sol i Glader (Solveig Slettahjell), Springtime Dancing (Manu Katché), Momento Magico (Ulf Wakenius), Magic Spel ls (Nguyên Lê), Riverendings (Adam Baldych), Bubbles (Jacob Karlzon), I Get Along (Rigmor Gustafsson), The Key (Jerry Léonide), Tuareg (Rita Marcotulli & Luciano Biondini)

Magic Moments 8: Sing Hallelujah, Various Artists, 2015, ACT 9599-2 Tracks : Too Proud (Mighty Sam McClain & Knut Reiersrud), Sing Hallelujah (Torsten Goods), Hey Hey, My My (Ida Sand), Borrowed Time (Solveig Slettahjell, Knut Reiersrud & In The Country), Bird Calls #1 (Rudresh Mahanthappa), I Put a Spell On You (Natalia Mateo), The Star Gazer (Frank Woeste feat. Youn Sun Nah), Liberetto Cantabile (Caecilie Norby & Lars Danielsson), Adagio (Dieter Ilg with Rainer Böhm & Patrice Héral), Piano Man (Wolfgang Haffner), 99 (Romain Collin), Ghost Riders in the Sky (Kalle Kalima), Steady-Going (Randi Tytingvåg with Dag S. Vagle & Erlend Aasland), Just Say I Love Her (Jukka Perko & Iiro Rantala), South Africa (Régis Gizavo & Nguyên Lê), Imagine (Iiro Rantala)

Magic Moments 9: In The Spirit Of Jazz, Various Artists, 2016, ACT CD 9820-2 Tracks : From Gagarin's Point Of View (e.s.t. Symphony / Iiro Rantala), Sleep On It (Joachim Kühn New Trio), Folksong (Lars Danielsson), Mirlo (Gerardo Nuñez & Ulf Wakenius), Tears In Heaven (Jukka Perko Avara), The Call (Lou Tavano), The Soul (David Helbock Trio), Kristallen Den Fina (Paolo Fresu & Jan Lundgren), Lycklig Resa (Jan Lundgren / Mattias Svensson / Bonfiglioli Weber String Quartet), La Maga (Grégory Privat Trio), The Kiss (Michael Wollny & Vincent Peirani), A Simple Song (Nils Landgren Quartet), Waltz For The Lonely Ones (Viktoria Tolstoy & Friends), Voyage (Iiro Rantala / Lars Danielsson / Peter Erskine), St. James Infirmary (Eric Bibb & Celtic Roots Ensemble)

Magic Moments 10: In The Spirit Of Jazz, Various Artists, 2017, ACT CD 9855-2 Tracks : El Vito (Wolfgang Haffner), Tutto (Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr), Fluting (Magnus Lindgren, Eric Bibb, Till Brönner), Lviv (Lars Danielsson, Gregory Privat, Magnus Öström), Black Is The Colour Of My True Love`s Hair (Youn Sun Nah), Early October Insect Song (Scott Dubois, Thomas Morgan, Gebhard Ullmann), Elevation Of Love (Three Fall), Goldberg C (Dieter Ilg), Hallelujah (Adam Baldych, Helge Lien Trio), South Africa (Régis Gizavo, Nguyên Lê), Mocca Swing (Mulo Francel), As Time Goes By (Viktoria Tolstoy, Iiro Rantala), No. 9 (Jan Lundgren), Irish Vagabond (Ulf Wakenius, Eric Wakenius)

Magic Moments 11: In The Spirit Of Jazz, Various Artists, 2018, ACT CD 9870-2 Tracks : African Marketplace (David Helbock's Random Control), Planet Zumo (Andreas Schaerer), House Of The King (Jin Jim), Concertiono Vom Lande - Beim Fernsehen (Benjamin Schmid, Andreas Hofmeir), Queen Of Hearts (Laila Biali), Amigos (Lars Danielsson, Paolo Fresu), Enzo (Vincent Peirani), Ahlam (NES), Dig It To The End (Tonbruket), Le Clown Tueur De La Fete Foraine III (Emile Parisien Quintet), Barcelona - Wien (Joachim Kühn), Thank You Iceland (Kuu!), Hello Dave (Michael Wollny Trio), I Have Nothing Left For You (Ida Sand), Cello Bello (Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr), Tears For Esbjörn (Iiro Rantala)

Magic Moments 12: One World Of Music, Various Artists, 2019, ACT CD 9890-2 Tracks : August (Iiro Rantala), Deus Xango (Javier Girotto Trio), 4WD (Landgren / Wollny / Danielsson / Haffner), Travesuras (Daniel García Trio / Jorge Pardo), Blueserinho (Edmar Castaneda / Grégoire Maret), What A Wonderful World (Serena Fisseau / Vincent Peirani), Scalinatella (Luca Aquino / Danilo Rea / Natalino Marchetti), Naked In The Dark (Cæcilie Norby / Sisters In Jazz), Klinken (Max Stadtfeld), Ronneby (Paolo Fresu / Richard Galliano / Jan Lundgren), Lost Thoughts (Joachim Kühn), Little Butterfly (Charenée Wade / Ernie Watts / Iiro Rantala), After The War (Shalosh), Longing (Adam Baldych Quartet), Jeg Gik Mig Ud En Sommerdag (Carsten Dahl Trinity), Hippocampus (Nguyên Lê Quartet)

Magic Moments 13: Music In The Spirit Of Jazz, Various Artists, 2020, ACT 9915-2 Tracks : A Taste Of Honey (Ulf Wakenius), Tango Cordoba (Wolfgang Haffner), I'm Not In Love (Kadri Voorand & Mihkel Mälgand), Army Dreamers (Vincent Peirani & Emile Parisien), Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" (Jazzrausch Bigband), Floricel (Adam Baldych), Stations (Viktoria Tolstoy / Joel Lyssarides), Endless Space (The Jakob Manz Project), Blekinge (Nils Landgren & Jan Lundgren), Come In From The Rain (Solveig Slettahjell Quartet), San Luis Obispo (Grégoire Maret / Romain Collin / Bill Frisell), Tiempo Para Soñar (Matthieu Saglio / Isabel Julve / Carles Benavent), Epilog Der Hoffnung (Joachim Kühn & Mateusz Smoczyski), Annabi (Majid Bekkas Magic Spirit Quartet), Mirage (Frank Woeste), You Made It Hard For Me (NES)

Magic Moments 14: In The Spirit Of Jazz, Various Artists, 2021, ACT 9940-2 Tracks : Canción Del Fuego Fatuo (Daniel García), Tired With All These - Sonnet No. 66 (Birgit Minichmayr), Cloudland (Lars Danielsson Liberetto), Fragile (Florian Willeitner), Rissala (Nesrine), The Encourager (Philipp Schiepek & Walter Lang), My Body Is A Cage (KUU!), Pandemic Of Ignorance (David Helbock), Anyway You Want It (Nils Landgren Funk Unit), Burning (Ida Sand), Nörvenich Lounge (Wollny, Parisien, Lefebvre & Lillinger), Mosaïque Bleu (Jazzrausch Bigband), Menschen Tiere Sensationen (Vincent Meissner Trio), Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (Johanna Summer), Touch The Light (Joachim Kühn), Ystad (Jan Lundgren)

Magic Moments 15: In The Spirit Of Jazz, Various Artists, 2022, ACT 9957-2 Tracks : Monsters Never Breathe (Michael Wollny Trio), This Is The New Shit (Vincent Peirani Trio), Heart Beats (Adam Baldych Quintet), Mountain (Anna Gréta), Madagascar (Emile Parisien Sextet), Leave Me Be (Dearest Sister), Is There A Way (Joel Lyssarides Trio), You Are A Friend Of Mine (Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr), Si Tu Vois Ma Mère (Jakob Manz & Johanna Summer), Peace (Iiro Rantala), Bizarre (Camille Bertault), Alborada Del Gracioso (Dieter Ilg Trio), Vira Mais Cinco (Para O Zeca) (Júlio Resende), Gårdsjänta (Jan Lundgren & Hans Backenroth), Go! Go! Go! (Jazzrausch Bigband), Blue Corner (Nils Landgren)

Magic Moments 16: In The Spirit Of Jazz, Various Artists, 2023, ACT 9977-2 Tracks : Chapter II (Michael Wollny), Reincarnation (Peter Somuah), Wade In The Water (Jakob Manz Groove Connection), Irta (Matthieu & Camille Saglio), Esperanza (Ballaké Sissoko), Silk And Sand (The Nguyên Lê Trio), Sant Esteve (Bill Laurance, Michael League), Lviv (Lars Danielsson), The Peace Inside (Wolfgang Haffner), Unexpected Love (Nils Kugelmann Trio), Corcovado (Laila Biali), Xanadu I (Emma Rawicz), Young Folks (Vincent Meissner Trio), Untold Stories (Andreas Schaerer), Schubert (Johanna Summer), Monteverdi And His Ideas (Iiro Rantala), Balini (Peter Brötzmann / Majid Bekkas / Hamid Drake)

Magic Moments 17: In The Spirit Of Jazz, Various Artists, 2024, ACT 9999-2 Tracks : Elevation Of Love (Magnus Öström & Dan Berglund), Second Nature (Wolfgang Haffner), Raw (Nils Landgren Funk Unit), The Answer (The Jakob Manz Project), Shots (Bill Laurance And The Untold Orchestra), Das Handtuch (Iiro Rantala HEL Trio), She'll Arrive Between 10 & 11 (Mikael Máni), Terrible Seeds (Little North), Se Telefonando (Grégoire Maret & Romain Collin ), Wonderland (Daniel García), Fresu (Jan Lundgren & Yamandu Costa), Hands Off (Viktoria Tolstoy), Hidden Prelude (Florian Willeitner), Pralin (Emile Parisien Quartet), My Brother Rolf (Joachim Kühn), Passacaglia (Adam Baldych & Leszek Mozdzer), Linden Tree Rag (Bernd Lhotzky), Zafeirious Solo (Joel Lyssarides & Georgios Prokopiou)

Magic Moments 18: In The Spirit Of Jazz, Various Artists, 2025, ACT 8036-2 Tracks : Belle Ile En Mer (Paolo Fresu/Richard Galliano/Jan Lundgren), Gold In Them Hills (Lars Danielsson), Coffee In The Rain (Nils Kugelmann), Africa (Bill Laurance & Michael League), Bonnie And Clyde (Nesrine), Tree Of Knowledge (Adam Baldych), The Turmoil (Jakob Manz & Johanna Summer), I Love You (Iiro Rantala), El Alba (Matthieu & Camille Saglio), This West (Michael Wollny Trio), Physical Attraction (Vincent Peirani), Lizarb (Marius Neset), Time And Other Thieves (Emma Rawicz), Dijon (Daoud), Woman's Dance (David Helbock & Julia Hofer), Outside In (Sharon Mansur), African Continent (Peter Somuah), Gorée Blues (Majid Bekkas)

Other ACT "Magic Moments" Releases

Magic Moments 3 CD Box Set, Various Artists, 2005, ACT 7001-2 Tracks : CD 1 (Magic Moments): Massanicissé (Soriba Kouyaté), Cortesanos (Javier Paxariño / Glen Velez), Dodge The Dodo (E.S.T.), Encanto (Nguyên Lê), Sufimaj (Kudsi Erguner), Malka Moma (Schäl Sick Brass Band), Back To Ed-E (Bazillus), Six Beauties On A Rooftop (Nils Landgren Funk Unit / Fred Wesley), Oslodum (Gilberto Gil), The Man With The Harmonica (Jens Thomas), Deus Xango (Larry Coryell / Philip Catherine / Joachim Kühn), Vem Kan Segla Förutan Vind (The Real Group), Itinéraires/Verticalement (Michael Riessler), Lovers On The Mountain (Huong Thanh / Nguyên Lê), Ferma L'Ali (Christof Lauer), Pavane (Vince Mendoza / WDR Big Band Köln), Mountain Blues (Steve Klink), Epilogue (Sidsel Endresen / Bugge Wesseltoft) / CD 2 (Magic Moments 2): O.D.R.I.P. (Radio Edit) (E.S.T. Esbjörn Svensson Trio), I Walk The Line (Radio Edit) (Norah Jones / Joel Harrison), La Habana A Oscuras (Gerardo Nuñez / Paolo Fresu / Perico Sambeat), Dear Diary (Viktoria Tolstoy), Ethiopia (T.L. Carrington / G. Osby / A. Rogers / J. Haslip), Dilsburgh Morning Light (Ramón Valle Trio), Bye Bye Blackbird (Muriel Zoe), Mirall (Radio Edit) (Perico Sambeat / Brad Mehldau), Same Girl (Rebekka Bakken / Julia Hülsmann Trio), Chant (Radio Edit) (Richie Beirach / Gregor Huebner / George Mraz), South Delta Song (Huong Thanh / Nguyên Lê / Paul McCandless), Hand In Hand (Radio Edit) (Marsmobil / Roberto Di Gioia / Till Brönner), Makin' Whoopee (Rigmor Gustafsson / Nils Landgren), Freak Taeb (Radio Edit) (Elbtonalpercussion / Christopher Dell), Be Yourself (Jens Thomas / Christof Lauer), Thank You For The Music (Nils Landgren Funk Unit) / CD 3 (Magic Moments 3): Welcome To What You Hear (Heinz Sauer, Michael Wollny), Dancing (Ulf Wakenius, Lars Danielsson, Morten Lund), From Above (Viktoria Tolstoy), Don Camillo's Revenge (Colin Steele, Dave Milligan), Don't Take Your Love To Hollywood (Nils Landgren, Joe Sample), Rainbow Sign (Peter Apfelbaum & The New York Hieroglyphics), What Is This Thing Called Love (Solveig Slettahjell), Jämtpelle (Jonas Knutsson, Johan Norberg), You Are My Sunshine (Kevin Hays), Mood Indigo (Albert Mangelsdorff, NDR Bigband), Windows Of The World (Rigmor Gustafsson, The Jacky Terrasson Trio), African Blues (Elbtonalpercussion, Christopher Dell), Have A Good Time (Muriel Zoe), Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz (Young Friends, Michael Wollny, Florian Trübsbach), Fahrn, Fahrn, Fahrn Auf Der Autobahn (Jazzindeed, Michael Schiefel), The Rube Thing (e.s.t.) A 3 CD box set that combines the first three albums of the Magic Moments series.

Magic Moments @ Schloss Elmau: Best Of Swedish-German Friendship Concerts, Various Artists, 2009, ACT CD 9480-2 Tracks : Although You're Gone (Viktoria Tolstoy), Marion & Sam (Michael Wollny & Lars Danielsson), Fragile (Nils Landgren & Michael Wollny), Blues Panic (Chris Gall Trio With Nils Landgren), Majas Polska (Jonas Knutsson - Johan Norberg - Kraja), Fatigue (Michael Wollny - Lars Danielsson - Jörg Brinkmann), Don't Talk To Me (Christopher Dell & Ulf Wakenius), Gia Nel Seno (Nils Landgren "New Eyes On Bach" With Jeanette Köhn), Alpine Music (Lars Danielsson - Christopher Dell - Nils Landgren), Where Did You Sleep Last Night / Good Morning Susie Soho (Oddjob)

Last updated February 2026