Ken Navarro - The Meeting Place
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Artist: Ken NavarroEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-01-23
Music Label: Positive Music
Soundtracks:
- Lucky
- Did You Heart That?
- I Wish I Knew
- No Other Way
- My Beautiful Girls
- The Meeting Place
- Lakes
- Just Like That
- Language of Peace
- That Time of Evening
- The Challenge
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Free Music Review: Smoothjazz.com Review
Hit: 5 Stars
Ken Navarro's 17th CD should be the benchmark for what Smooth Jazz can become moving forward from here. I see it this way: Smooth Jazz is at a crossroads. It can continue to move in the direction of audio wallpaper or simply an instrumental Top 40 format, or it can once again embrace those qualities that made it so exciting in the first place... qualities that make music compelling and memorable. THE MEETING PLACE is a template for the latter approach... the road I'd like to see taken. The compositions are accessible but complex enough to be interesting, the musicianship is outrageously good, all the tunes have that unmistakable Ken Navarro signature, and the overall "feel" of this disc is incredibly uplifting. There are 11 tracks here, ten of them written or co-written by Ken, and one "cover," an exquisite read on the rare Pat Metheny song, "Lakes." This is just an outstanding album on so many levels. Ken embraces elements of fusion, and takes chances with aggressive electric Santana-inspired solos on tunes like "Did You Hear That?" and "The Challenge." All the music here emphasizes real musician interaction, with amazing performances from Jay Rowe on keys, Rob Holmes on sax, bass man Garry Grainger, Andre "Blues" Webb on drums, and Kevin Prince on percussion. The whole project sparkles with that Ken Navarro innovation that shows him to clearly be a savvy creator who expertly utilizes today's technologies. THE MEETING PLACE is an absolute must for your collection, no question about it! ~SCOTT O'BRIEN
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The new 2007 release from this storied contemporary jazz guitarist and composer contains 11 new recordings including a stunning version of Pat Metheny's classic "Lakes". This is not an assemblage of numerous musicians and multiple producers working on a patchwork of songs. It's six seasoned and totally individualistic musicians who came in and played their hearts out and did it in the studio face-to-face. Jay Rowe (keyboards), Gary Grainger (bass), Andre "Blues" Webb (drums), Kevin Prince (percussion), and Rob Holmes (sax) play together with Navarro's guitar so seamlessly it just flows with tangible energy.If too much processed music has left you desensitized it's like that first breath of fresh air after too much time in a stuffy room. There was a point in time when the music that was to become smooth jazz split into two separate streams, one thrived while the other almost dried up. Creating a Meeting Place where these streams intersect again was a brave and spirited thing to do. Taking it off the backburner and serving it up is a gift to the people who will hear it. A gift that will make it a little bit harder to settle for less.
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