Albero, Marina / A Life Soundtrack
Album: | A Life Soundtrack | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Albero, Marina | Added: | Feb 2020 | |
Label: | Self Release |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2020-02-26 | Pull Date: | 2020-07-22 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Week Ending: | Mar 15 | Mar 8 | Mar 1 |
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Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Mar 12, 2020: | Old fart At Play
(Disc 3) My Favorite Things |
4. | Mar 03, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
I Thought I Knew |
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2. | Mar 10, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
(Disc 2) Overture, Greek Dance, The Sweetness of the Edge |
5. | Feb 27, 2020: | Old Fart At Play
To Be Continued, Indian Jam |
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3. | Mar 05, 2020: | Old Fart At Play
The Sweetness of the Edge |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2020-02-17
Reviewed 2020-02-17
Reviewed: 2020—02-17
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: On this ambitious 3-CD self-release, pianist Albero gathers a group of talented musicians to chart her life transitions. She also plays a psalterium (track 2). The music is vibrant & constantly changing. Discs 1 & 2 are all originals and disc 3 contains some covers with interesting arrangements. Each disc has a theme.
If You Like: Hiromi, Yelena Eckemoff, Geri Allen, Julia Hulsmann
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
Disc 1 - Albero
**1/ Mi Secreto (6:50) – bass starts> slow song builds to midtempo> slow fade
**2/ Greek Dance (6:45) – psalterium starts slow swings into uptempo jam> chorus joins> female singer joins & music fades
*3/ Cardomomo (6:45) – piano starts> swings into uptemp jam, then fast tempo> quick stop
4/ Baile Corrido (2:02) – spoken intro> trumpet starts> uptempo jam with trumpet up front> quick stop
5/ Tarda d’Estiu (0:29) – short piano solo
6/ Mon Pou (4:40) – piano starts> midtempo jam with piano trio> quick stop
*7/ Indian Jam (7:17) – scat singing starts> violin joins> then table> midtempo jam swings uptempo> crescendo & fade
**8/ K’Antiga (4:11) – piano starts> swings to uptempo jam> quick stop
9/ Prelude To Agartha (6:04) – crowd noises & blurted vocal starts> piano builds into midtempo jam with piano trio> fade
*10/ Agartha (5:00) – scat singing with male vocal starts & becomes a rap song> chorus joins> uptempo jam & song> quick fade on vocal
Disc 2 - Agua
*11/ Overture (6:47) – piano solo starts midtempo & swings uptempo, shifting back & forth> fade
*12/ Agua Clara (4:26) – piano solo starts heavy> shifts between midtempo & slow> slow fade
13/ Indiana (3:37) – piano solo starts with a flurry of notes> midtempo swings uptempo> quick stop
*14/ Interlude (4:59) – sax starts> slow tempo jam> quick stop
15/ Not Quite Yet (5:34) – piano starts heavy & hesitating> slow solo> quick stop
16/ Superionic (1:51) – piano starts> slow duet with sax> quick stop
*17/ Cotracorrirnte (4:43) – piano starts> uptempo solo mellows to slow, then builds to crescendo & fade
18/ Nana Del Mar (4:14) – piano starts> slow duet with sax> fade
*19/ To Be Continued (3:30) – piano starts> midtempo solo builds in volume & intensity> pause> slow solo swings to uptempo & swinging> mellows to fade
Disc 3 - Music Is Love
**20/ My Favorite Things (5:03) – piano starts hard> midtempo solo swings into uptempo duet with percussion> fade
*21/ Calma/ Impressions Intimes l (5:17) – piano starts> gorgeous solo shifts into a different melody with shifting tempos> fade
***22/ I Thought I Knew (7:10) – piano starts> midtempo solo builds in volume, then subsides, like waves of sound> uptempo duet with flute builds to fast tempo with bass & drums> crescendo end
*22/ Nardis (6:45) – bass starts> slow tempo jam builds to midtempo> quick stop
23/ Unexpected You (4:04) – piano starts> slow jam builds to midtempo> slow fade
*24/ Mompou In Blue (4:40) – piano starts slow, swings into midtempo jam> crescendo end
**25/ 19 y 42 (3:09) – piano starts uptempo> uptempo jam> quick stop
***26/ The Sweetness Of The Edge (8:12) – piano starts, swings into uptempo solo, then mellows> duet with sax morphs into uptempo jam> crescendo end
**27/ What is This Thing Called Love (5:02) – female vocal starts with bass> slow song builds to midtempo> piano joins, swings into uptempo jam> uptempo song> quick stop
*28/ Music Is Love (3:51) – sax starts> midtempo jam> chorus joins> crescendo end
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: On this ambitious 3-CD self-release, pianist Albero gathers a group of talented musicians to chart her life transitions. She also plays a psalterium (track 2). The music is vibrant & constantly changing. Discs 1 & 2 are all originals and disc 3 contains some covers with interesting arrangements. Each disc has a theme.
If You Like: Hiromi, Yelena Eckemoff, Geri Allen, Julia Hulsmann
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
Disc 1 - Albero
**1/ Mi Secreto (6:50) – bass starts> slow song builds to midtempo> slow fade
**2/ Greek Dance (6:45) – psalterium starts slow swings into uptempo jam> chorus joins> female singer joins & music fades
*3/ Cardomomo (6:45) – piano starts> swings into uptemp jam, then fast tempo> quick stop
4/ Baile Corrido (2:02) – spoken intro> trumpet starts> uptempo jam with trumpet up front> quick stop
5/ Tarda d’Estiu (0:29) – short piano solo
6/ Mon Pou (4:40) – piano starts> midtempo jam with piano trio> quick stop
*7/ Indian Jam (7:17) – scat singing starts> violin joins> then table> midtempo jam swings uptempo> crescendo & fade
**8/ K’Antiga (4:11) – piano starts> swings to uptempo jam> quick stop
9/ Prelude To Agartha (6:04) – crowd noises & blurted vocal starts> piano builds into midtempo jam with piano trio> fade
*10/ Agartha (5:00) – scat singing with male vocal starts & becomes a rap song> chorus joins> uptempo jam & song> quick fade on vocal
Disc 2 - Agua
*11/ Overture (6:47) – piano solo starts midtempo & swings uptempo, shifting back & forth> fade
*12/ Agua Clara (4:26) – piano solo starts heavy> shifts between midtempo & slow> slow fade
13/ Indiana (3:37) – piano solo starts with a flurry of notes> midtempo swings uptempo> quick stop
*14/ Interlude (4:59) – sax starts> slow tempo jam> quick stop
15/ Not Quite Yet (5:34) – piano starts heavy & hesitating> slow solo> quick stop
16/ Superionic (1:51) – piano starts> slow duet with sax> quick stop
*17/ Cotracorrirnte (4:43) – piano starts> uptempo solo mellows to slow, then builds to crescendo & fade
18/ Nana Del Mar (4:14) – piano starts> slow duet with sax> fade
*19/ To Be Continued (3:30) – piano starts> midtempo solo builds in volume & intensity> pause> slow solo swings to uptempo & swinging> mellows to fade
Disc 3 - Music Is Love
**20/ My Favorite Things (5:03) – piano starts hard> midtempo solo swings into uptempo duet with percussion> fade
*21/ Calma/ Impressions Intimes l (5:17) – piano starts> gorgeous solo shifts into a different melody with shifting tempos> fade
***22/ I Thought I Knew (7:10) – piano starts> midtempo solo builds in volume, then subsides, like waves of sound> uptempo duet with flute builds to fast tempo with bass & drums> crescendo end
*22/ Nardis (6:45) – bass starts> slow tempo jam builds to midtempo> quick stop
23/ Unexpected You (4:04) – piano starts> slow jam builds to midtempo> slow fade
*24/ Mompou In Blue (4:40) – piano starts slow, swings into midtempo jam> crescendo end
**25/ 19 y 42 (3:09) – piano starts uptempo> uptempo jam> quick stop
***26/ The Sweetness Of The Edge (8:12) – piano starts, swings into uptempo solo, then mellows> duet with sax morphs into uptempo jam> crescendo end
**27/ What is This Thing Called Love (5:02) – female vocal starts with bass> slow song builds to midtempo> piano joins, swings into uptempo jam> uptempo song> quick stop
*28/ Music Is Love (3:51) – sax starts> midtempo jam> chorus joins> crescendo end
Track Listing
1. | (Disc 1) Mi Secreto | 16. | Superionic | |||
2. | Greek Dance | 17. | Contraorriente | |||
3. | Cardomono | 18. | Nana Del Mar | |||
4. | Baile Corrido | 19. | To Be Continued | |||
5. | Tarda D'estiu | 20. | (Disc 3) My Favorite Things | |||
6. | Mon Pou | 21. | Calma/impressions Intimes | |||
7. | Indian Jam | 22. | I Thought I Knew | |||
8. | K' Antiga | 23. | Nardis | |||
9. | Prelude to Agartha | 24. | Unexpected You | |||
10. | Agartha | 25. | Mompou in Blue | |||
11. | (Disc 2) Overture | 26. | 19 X 42 | |||
12. | Agua Clara | 27. | The Sweetness of the Edge | |||
13. | Indiana | 28. | What Is This Thing Called Love | |||
14. | Interlude | 29. | Music Is Love | |||
15. | Not Quite Yet | . |