Review #4:
Mari Nobre – “Live and Alive” (Chrome Records, 2017)
Italian-American vocalist Mari Nobre (maiden name Mariangela Spiezia) recorded this album live at the Jan Popper Theatre at UCLA (California). Although some of her past albums have focused on rhythms from across Latin America and pop, on “Live and Alive” she performs new Latin Jazz arrangements of American jazz standards as well as Brazilian classics by Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Her band features a multi-ethnic roster that provides a jazz flavor and colorful Brazilian influences.
Mari Nobre recorded this album just three weeks after her surgery, recovering from cancer. Mari Nobre has indicated that music had a strong effect in healing her so she’s donating part of the sales from the album to the children’s cancer research.
The lineup on “Live and Alive” includes Mari Nobre on vocals; Leo Nobre on bass; Justo Almario on saxophone and flute; Angelo Metz on acoustic and electric guitar; Sandro Feliciano on drums; and Daniel Szabo on piano.
“Live and Alive” is a passionate album by the talented multilingual vocalist Mari Nobre.
Buy the digital version of Live and Alive or the CD at CD Baby.
