Product Description Renowned Oasis Award winning guitarist Ken Navarro's debut CD for Shanachie, Slow Dance, is a breakthrough album. The slaes base he has built to date comes only from releases on his own label with limited distribution. Amazon.com Before Ken Navarro launched his solo career, he honed his chops in the Los Angeles studio scene, a world where guitarists learn to play with superior taste, tone, and technique--or starve. On Slow Dance, a collection of original tunes in the smooth-jazz vein, the musician reveals a gift for melody that is as well developed as his guitar playing. As the title implies, the mood here is sultry, and even though the sonic textures are mellow, a subtle but insistent pulse drives the tunes. Navarro keeps the sound from becoming too monochromatic by switching between the lush timbres of a nylon-string guitar and the ringing tones of a steel-string electric. On tracks like "Things We Never Say," a moody conversation between guitar and sax, or "Lady's Choice," a slice of slow-burning R&B, Navarro's playing inspires an emotional response that words alone can't evoke. Slow Dance is not the sort of music you'd play during breakfast, but it would make an excellent soundtrack for a late-night rendezvous. --Michael Simmons