| Albero, Marina / A Life Soundtrack |
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| Album: | A Life Soundtrack | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Albero, Marina | Added: | Feb 2020 | |
| Label: | Self Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2020-02-26 | Pull Date: | 2020-07-22 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Mar 15 | Mar 8 | Mar 1 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 3. | Mar 05, 2020: | Old Fart At Play The Sweetness of the Edge | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Tom McCarter Reviewed 2020-02-17 | ||
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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 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | (Disc 1) Mi Secreto | 15. | Not Quite Yet | |||
| 2. | Greek Dance | 16. | Superionic | |||
| 3. | Cardomono | 17. | Contraorriente | |||
| 4. | Baile Corrido | 18. | Nana Del Mar | |||
| 5. | Tarda D'estiu | 19. | To Be Continued | |||
| 6. | Mon Pou | 20. | (Disc 3) My Favorite Things | |||
| 7. | Indian Jam | 21. | Calma/impressions Intimes | |||
| 8. | K' Antiga | 22. | I Thought I Knew | |||
| 9. | Prelude to Agartha | 23. | Nardis | |||
| 10. | Agartha | 24. | Unexpected You | |||
| 11. | (Disc 2) Overture | 25. | Mompou in Blue | |||
| 12. | Agua Clara | 26. | 19 X 42 | |||
| 13. | Indiana | 27. | The Sweetness of the Edge | |||
| 14. | Interlude | 28. | What Is This Thing Called Love | |||
| 29. | Music Is Love | |||||