Chronos

about this album

Guitarist and composer Marco Albani comes to us by way of the Mediterranean. The Roman born musician layers his music with dazzling textures from this region as well as sounds from South America. Marco has managed to absorb the warmth and energy of these locations into his music to create a dreamy listening environment. Marco’s approach to the music is through his study of drums and percussion, so while the nylon string guitar is his primary instrument, the feeling is deep and rich. His influences are many, but he sites three guitarists of import to him: they are Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass and the “painter” Pat Metheny. Like Metheny, Marco Albani’s style is vibrant and cinematic. CHRONOS features beautiful, moving melodies and rhythms that showcase unusual instruments such as the charango, bandoneon and kamanja, creating a world-fusion sound that will surely transport the listener. Marco’s website says that CHRONOS “is permeated by the idea of a global, ethno-world music…” Thus providing an opportunity to “travel” through the rhythm and melody. There is a passionate combination of music, melody and movement on this project. I have to say that this is a delightful discovery and it is reaffirming our vision to reach around the world to introduce new music on SmoothJazz.com, which is indeed a global platform for music enthusiasts. Marco sums up the collection of songs as, “a personal route through style and composition to a space-time dimension without boundaries.”

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