Album Review: A Nomad of Sound from Marina Albero
Album: A Nomad of Sound Artist: Marina Albero Label: Self-Release Website: https://marinaalbero.net Serene and soothing, the music of pianist-composer Marina Albero projects an intimacy with her audience, illustrated in her 2024 self-released effort A Nomad of Sound . Swells of improvised excursions and classic bop-infused emanations emerge along the shuffling, crinkling and rippling of the recording, as an inviting repartee surfaces among Albero and her compadres. Supported by Amina Scott on bass, Pedro Segundo on drums, and mult-instrumentalist Yusa, the melodic transitions are seamless, integrating the suaveness of swing and the creative strokes of cool jazz. "Old Song" surges with billowing saxophone toots that blaze vigorously, as Albero's keys heighten the simmering jazz aura, having the effect of creating a smoldering atmosphere loaded with emotion and fervor. Albero's daughter Serena takes the vocal reins in "19 y 42," intensifying the simmeri...