About this episode
The episode explores the life and work of Alberto Baldan Bembo, focusing on his debut album 'Io E Mara'.
A Milan-born multi-instrumentalist of Venetian heritage, Alberto Baldan Bembo was a gifted vibraphonist, organist, pianist, arranger, and composer whose work bridged jazz, pop, and film music. By the early 1960s, he was performing with Italy’s leading ensembles, including I Menestrelli del Jazz and Bruno De Filippi’s group, and soon became an in-demand session musician. For several years, he toured with the legendary Mina, providing the piano and organ backbone to her live shows—a role that sharpened the cinematic sensibility and refined musicianship that would later define his soundtrack work. In the years to come, he would be celebrated for his scores to films such as L’Amica Di Mia Madre (1975) and Lingua Argento (1976), earning a place alongside Piero Umiliani, Alessandro Alessandroni, Berto Pisano, and other luminaries of Italy’s golden age of soundtrack and library music. Io E Mara is the soundtrack to a film that was never made. Originally released on the CGD label in 1969, this debut album from the brilliant Maestro Baldan Bembo is a sophisticated concept-album tracing 24 hours in the life of two young lovers. Told entirely through music, the record unfolds as a…
Topics covered
- soundtrack
- music history
- jazz
- concept album
- Italian cinema
Keywords
- Alberto Baldan Bembo
- Io E Mara
- soundtrack
- jazz
- Italian music
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CGD
Books & works: Io E Mara, L’Amica Di Mia Madre, Lingua Argento
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