

Although the main focus of ACT is on European jazz, it has also played a significant role in the careers of US artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington, David Binney, Vince Mendoza, Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa. A naturally strong swimmer, Frank gets an idea while on a 'booze cruise' with his. It stars Peter Mullan as Frank Redmond, an engineer in the shipyards on the River Clyde, who becomes stagnant and quickly sinks into depression following his redundancy. This list includes the likes of Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Nils Landgren, Michael Wollny, Marius Neset, Lars Danielsson, Joachim Kühn, Youn Sun Nah, Leszek Możdżer, Vincent Peirani, Emile Parisien and many more. On a Clear Day is a 2005 Scottish drama film written by Alex Rose and directed by Gaby Dellal. Over the years, ACT has championed an incredible array of jazz artists who are defined by their desire to push musical boundaries while reaching out to a wider audience with both authenticity and innovation at their core. In the years since its foundation in 1992, it has built a global presence and profile. With a roster that boasts a wide range of leading jazz instrumentalists and singers, ACT has released some of the most influential contemporary jazz recordings of the recent past. "Today ACT is considered one of the finest curators of progressive jazz and creative music.” DOWNBEAT. Produced by Kurt Giese and Wolfgang Kunert / NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hamburg, Germany Soundengineers: Hannes Carstens, Michael Plötz

The chords walk up both diatonic and chromatic shapes, creating interest and movement in the line over the common chord progression. NDR Bigband and Radio Philharmonie Hannover conducted by ] This first Joe Pass chord line features a classic walk-up phrase over a ii V I chord progression in F major. This is what John William Hardy once wrote about Joe Pass:".a stunning practitioner of the art of jazz, a complete musician possessing great maturity, improvisational genius and a communica. Frank determines to salvage his self-esteem and tackle his demons by attempting the ultimate test of endurance - swimming the English Channel. His death at the age of 65, a little more than two years after the later tracks of this album were recorded, was a tremendous loss to jazz and so the release of any hitherto unissued material by this outstanding virtuoso is very much to be welcomed. This is what Pete Welding once wrote about Joe Pass:".one of the foremost guitarists in jazz a superlative, immensely satisfying improviser whose work has always been marked by flawless musicianship, deep harmonic resourcefulness, and almost inexhaustible melodic fertility and, not least, crisp, unerring swing." With Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn, Sean McGinley, Jamie Sives. Pass was without any doubt one of the greatest jazz guitarists ever.
