HOT JAZZ AT THE GALLERY Proudly Presents MARINA ALBERO!

Located on Occidental Mall, in the "Heart of Historic Pioneer Square", Seattle, WA, FREDERICK HOLMES AND COMPANY - GALLERY OF MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART Is Proud To Offer Another Extraordinary Evening In Our Ongoing Monthly Series - HOT JAZZ AT THE GALLERY, Featuring The Top Musicians And Vocalists In The Pacific Northwest And Nationally! Sit Back and Relax While Enjoying Premium Award-Winning Wines or other libations served by our Neighboring Pioneer Square Businesses, Viewing Remarkable Paintings, Prints, & Sculpture, While Listening To "The Best In The Northwest"!

We're extremely excited to welcome back the much beloved and admired "Nomad of Sound", MARINA ALBERO! The Barcelona, Spain-born composer, multi-instrumentalist, and award winning recording artist is on tour with her new New Orleans-inspired recording, "A Nomad of Sound" and her performance schedule in the PNW is limited to May and June. We were fortunate to secure the date of June 7th early! She'll be performing new original music from her "A Nomad of Sound" and possibly a few other, newly written compositions. Backing her for this special show will be her friends and veteran Jazz Masters, TREVOR FORD (Bass) and XAVIER LECOUTURIER (Drums) and possibly (with a nod and a wink), another guest player! Don't miss this incredible evening of Jazz composed and played by one of the most passionate artists who's ever graced our gallery!

Marina Albero was born in Barcelona, Spain, and started playing music on stages as a child with her family while they toured all around the world performing Iberian and early music, always creating new shows. In her early years she studied in Barcelona’s Conservatory (El Bruc) and later in La Havana (ISA), where she finished her classical piano studies with the great professor and pianist Mrs. Teresa Junco.

Marina has been researching many different music styles such as: jazz, flamenco, early music, andalusie, classical indian, latin (son & latin jazz)… She loves composing and improvising with a wide personal language carved by her colorful background.

She has played and recorded with several well known musicians and bands including L’Arpeggiata, Chano Dominguez, Bori Albero, Pepe Habichuela, La Folata, Mariona Sagarra, Barbarito Torres, Llibert Fortuny, Glen Velez, Silvio Rodriguez, Carlos Saura and Ars Longa.
Since September 2014, she enjoys living in Seattle with her musical family and has added to the local music scene and been well received by her fellow musicians as well as the listeners and the media.

Since then, Marina has been piano chair at Teatro Zinzanni and has been invited to present her music at the Ballard Jazz Festival, Earshot Jazz Festival, Marymoor Live, KNKX live studios and Jazz Northwest. The Marina Albero Project (since 2016) features some of the finest musicians like Hans Teuber, Evan Flory-Barnes, D’Vonne Lewis, Jeff Busch, Jeff Johnson, Ganesh Rajagopalan, among others. In 2018, she was awarded with the Golden Ear Award for Emergent Artist and in 2019 she was the recipient of two Golden Ear Awards: best instrumentalist and best record of the year (self release: “A life Soundtrack”).

On March 8th 2020, she started the emergency musical project “The Quarantine Sessions” as a response to all the cancellations due to the COVID19 outbreak. It is drawing lots of interest from the press and participation from the online musical community. TQS was awarded the "Community in Action '' Golden Ear by Earshot Jazz in April 2021.

During these hard times for live music she has also been invited to participate in many live streamed series and online concerts by Earshot, Jazz At Lincoln Center, KNKX, Big BLDG, Vito's, Orcas Center of the Arts, Seattle Improvised Music Festival, Bellevue Jazz Festival, South Hudson Music Project and JazzEd.

She is currently piano professor at the historic institution Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and has worked as adjunct faculty at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA (2021-2023)

Her eclectic musical personality has brought her to share stage with some of the finest musicians beyond jazz such as Brittany Davis, Divinity Roxx, Queen Cora or Celisse.

Albero was the resident artist of the 2021 Earshot Jazz Festival where she sold out all of the four different concerts she premiered. In spring 2022 she was awarded with two Golden Ear awards, "PNW Concert of the Year" (Marina Albero featuring Ganesh Rajagopalan) and Acoustic ensemble of the year" (Marina Albero Trio).

In 2022, Albero was invited to curate three nights at the new concert series held at the Good Shepherd Chapel in Seattle under the umbrella of Nonsequitur, a space for new music and avantgarde performers.

In spring 2023 she was again voted and awarded as "PNW Instrumentalist of the year" as well as "PNW Concert of the year" for "Don't explain" with Jacqueline Tabor.

In 2024, Albero spent four months in New Orleans in a self made musical residency to write, arrange and record her latest album "A Nomad of Sound" (self released, November 2024) with some of the best musicians there such as: Yusa, Amina Scott, Pedro Segundo, Rex Gregory, Chris Cotton, SerenaSounds and many more. This album has been awarded "Recording of the year" by the Earshot Jazz community.

Doors Open at 6:30 pm/ Shows Start at 7:00. Out of Respect For Other Guests and the Musicians, Please Allow For the Time Needed for Parking & Walking to the Gallery. (This is Particularly Important During Stadium Events, Games, Concerts, Etc.)

100 % of Ticket Proceeds Are Paid To The Performaing Artists. Any Refund Requests Will Be Honored Up To The Date BEFORE The Performance. There Are NO REFUNDS On The Date Of The Performance. The Gallery Receives Absolutely No Profit From These Shows Other Than A Great Music Experience and All-Around Good Vibes!

We Welcome Families with Children (See Special Youth Rate) and Encourage Young People to Experience Live Jazz Up Close and Meet the Musicians.

Seating is on the Main Floor and Second Floor Mezzanine. The Acoustics and Sightlines Are Excellent Regardless of Floor Though.

Guests With Special Needs Will be Accommodated to the Best of Our Ability. If You or a Family Member Require Special Seating Needs, Please Let Us Know in Advance and We'll Reserve Seating.

Groups of Four or More May Also Request Reserved Seating.

A No-Host Bar, courtesy of One of our Neighboring Businesses, Serving Fine Wines. Beers or Cocktails , is Available on the Main Floor for Our Guests.

We Sincerely Hope You Enjoy HOT JAZZ AT THE GALLERY and Will Return! These Performances Are Intended To Support The Regional Jazz Community By Providing A Venue Commensurate With Their Creativity And Professionalism, Here In The Heart Of Pioneer Square..

See the Entire HOT JAZZ Line-Up for 2025 Here: https://frederickholmesandcompany.com/live-jazz/

See The EARSHOT JAZZ VENUE PROFILE of FH&Co Here: https://www.earshot.org/project/2023-09-hot-jazz-at-the-gallery-frederick-holmes-gallery/

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