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Meet Marina Albero
by Cheryl K.
In this hour, an interview with multi-instrumentalist/keyboardist, composer, and educator Marina Albero. Her current self-release is A Nomad of Sound. Playlist Michael Buckley “That's All Fowlkes" from EBB and FLOW (Livia) 5:24 Renee Rosnes “Essa Mulher (feat. Joyce Moreno)" from Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions) 4:42 Jay D'Amico “Giant Steps" from Melodia: Jazz Under Glass (CAP) 3:05 Marina Albero “First Step of the Journey" from A Nomad of Sound (Marina Albero) 7:38 Marina Albero “Blau Blueset" from A Nomad ...
Continue ReadingMarina Albero: From Pianist To Nomad Of Sound
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On pianist and composer Marina Albero. From Barcelona's vibrant music scene to the heart of New Orleans, Marina keeps finding new ways to push musical boundaries. Her album, A Nomad of Sound (Self Produced, 2024), brings together jazz, classical, and world music traditions in a blend all her own. Marina has journeyed across continents and cultures--from her early years studying classical piano in Cuba to recent acclaim in Seattle, where she's twice ...
Continue ReadingMarina Albero: Musical Nomad
by Paul Rauch
The city of Seattle is the last stop of the figurative continental big-city express on the west coast of the United States. Upon arrival, passengers are blocked by the Canadian border to the north, the high Cascade mountains to the east, and the Salish Sea to the west. Beyond the inland sea that is the Salish to the west, is yet another high mountain range covering the Olympic Peninsula. One arrives here for a reason, either for a planned visit ...
Continue Reading20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: Marina Albero
by Paul Rauch
The city of Seattle has a jazz history that dates back to the very beginnings of the form. It was home to the first integrated club scene in America on Jackson St in the 1920's and 30's. It saw a young Ray Charles arrive as a teenager to escape the nightmare of Jim Crow in the south. It has produced such historical jazz icons as Quincy Jones and Ernestine Anderson. In many instances it has acted as a temporary repose ...
Continue ReadingMarina Albero: A Life Soundtrack
by Paul Rauch
Attempts to characterize the music of Barcelona-born pianist Marina Albero seem to get lost in the details. She is not an artist who found herself within a passion for a particular form. That her music is the sum of her life experiences would be a factual description that would nonetheless fall short, given the far reaching, culturally diverse, and wildly meandering path that has occupied her first forty years. Albero's prodigious talents would be known to but a ...
Continue ReadingMarina Albero: The Sweetness of the Edge
by Paul Rauch
Marina Albero burst onto the Seattle jazz scene in April of 2014, playing a brilliant set on vibraphone in a duo with flamenco jazz master, pianist Chano Dominguez. That evening we were not only introduced to her music, but to our new neighbor, as she was moving her family to Seattle from Barcelona. Since that time she has energized the scene with her quartet, and in duo and solo piano performance. Her style reflects her musical journey that began with ...
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