Ken Navarro - The Grace of Summer Light
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Artist: Ken NavarroEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-06-17
Music Label: Positive Music Records
Soundtracks:
- Just Before The Dawn (Prelude)
- Blue Skies, Bright Dreams
- The Grace Of Summer Light
- On My Way To Somewhere
- Perfect Circle Sun
- Daddy-O
- Nomad
- Looking Everywhere For You
- We Might As Well Dance
- Just Before The Dawn
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Hit: 5 Stars
If you could somehow take all of life's complexities... I mean everything... the joy, the sorrow, the mixed emotions, the highs and lows... the ease and the resistance... and somehow filter it all with a forgiving glow that made you more grateful than regretful, the soundtrack for that encapsulated experience would have to be Ken Navarro's epitomical release THE GRACE OF SUMMER LIGHT. An inspirational album from one of the most prolific artists in contemporary jazz. The well-respected guitarist, producer and composer has enjoyed a long, successful career producing some 18 chart-topping, solo albums on his own Positive Music Records label and producing and guesting on countless others. THE GRACE OF SUMMER LIGHT is a pivotal recording for Navarro. Gone are the rules and regulations of what radio requires for airplay. Gone are the expectations and limitations of recording execs. Remaining are 10 deeply moving musical pieces running anywhere from 31 seconds in length to over 9 minutes and ranging from reflective and thoughtful to hopeful and optimistic to cinematic and stirring. I'm reminded of earlier works by Pat Metheny (Last Train Home) and The Rippingtons (Kilimanjaro). I have the word "wow" written by two gorgeous, acoustic numbers "Perfect Circle Sun" and "Just Before The Dawn," I am smitten by the enveloping, "On My Way Somewhere" and I am mesmerized by the balance and poise on "Looking Everywhere For You." THE GRACE OF SUMMER LIGHT: The soundtrack for freedom.
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This is top charting & award winning contemporary jazz guitarist and composer Ken Navarro's new 2008 album. Ken's magnificent new compositions and his signature acoustic and electric guitar work are supported on this new CD by world class musicians including drummer Joel Rosenblatt (Spyro Gyra, Manhattan Transfer), acoustic and electric bassist Tom Kennedy (Dave Weckl, Al DiMeola), and keyboardist Jay Rowe (Special EFX, Marion Meadows).It would take several pages to describe each song on the album. These are not three minute tracks with a verse, chorus and bridge. They are compositions that go through numerous changes throughout. What makes this different from most progressive leaning music is that the changes are never jarring, they are built around melodic themes and flow perfectly within the songs. The reason a group of songs with this level of complexity can be so accessible is because they are so beautiful, diverse, and there isn't the dissonance that is often the hallmark of progressive and fusion projects. Complex solos, arrangements and rhythms? Yes. Self serving edginess? No.
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