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Ken Navarro - The Meeting Place (2007)

Ken Navarro - The Meeting Place (2007)

BAND/ARTIST: Ken Navarro

  • Title: The Meeting Place
  • Year Of Release: 2007
  • Label: Positive Music
  • Genre: Smooth Jazz
  • Quality: FLAC (image + .cue)
  • Total Time: 51:34 min
  • Total Size: 326 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Lucky [04:31]
02. Did You Hear That? [05:08]
03. I Wish I Knew [04:53]
04. No Other Way [04:00]
05. My Beautiful Girls [04:40]
06. The Meeting Place [03:40]
07. Lakes [05:46]
08. Just Like That [04:46]
09. Language Of Peace [04:17]
10. That Time Of Evening [03:26]
11. The Challenge [06:21]

Personnel:

Ken Navarro - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, wah-wah guitar, banjo, mandolin;
Jay Rowe - piano, electric piano, keyboards;
Rob Holmes - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone;
Gary Grainger - electric bass;
Andre "Blues" Webb - drums;
Kevin Prince - percussion;
Roberto Vally - programming.

Through all the roster fluctuation of smooth jazz artists on major labels, this Maryland based guitarist stayed in the loop for over 15 years with a consistently strong stream of releases on his own label, Positive Music, and two during a brief stay on Shanachie. While so many of the more renowned genre artists experienced creative and commercial highs and lows, Ken Navarro proved to be one of the most consistent in both arenas. His secret? An uncanny ability to compose breezy, delectable melodies, alternate between his usual acoustic and occasional electric lead voice, and produce strong ensemble-driven projects like The Meeting Place, his 16th release overall. Navarro's also into throwing attractive textural curveballs once in a while, as in the way he wraps the spirited, easy funk opener "Lucky" with a colorful string of sitar, swirled with Rob Holmes' sweet soprano sax. "Did You Hear That?" is classic top down summer weather acoustic Navarro fare all the way, but then he drops in Holmes' edgy tenor and his own fiery electric guitar solo. One of Navarro's key harmonic weapons over the hears has been the brilliant keyboardist Jay Rowe, who creates a colorful retro-flavored electric piano solo on the otherwise middle of the road "No Other Way." "My Beautiful Girls" bounces along magnificently on a bed of grooves and a touch of mystical synth magic, while the guitarist digs deeper on the thick soul grooves of the title track. The Meeting Place is a worthy addition to Navarro's singularly picture-perfect contemporary jazz catalog. ~ Jonathan Widran


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