[acid-jazz] CD Review: Leon Ware - "A Kiss in the Sand"

From: Bob Davis <earthjuice_at_prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:51:23 -0500

Leon Ware - "A Kiss in the Sand"
(Soul/Jazz/Latin/Album #3)

Leon Ware has been a musical force in all of our lives for many years, even
if we didn't know it. This is the man who was behind some of the greatest
songs in the history of Black music by artists such as Michael Jackson,
Marvin Gaye, Miracles, Quincy Jones, Minnie Riperton, Maxwell and more. Leon
says that his "religion is sensuality" and here on his latest release called
"A Kiss in the Sand", he proves it. Leon Ware's "A Kiss in the Sand" is what
I would call back in the day, "an album #3". Some of you brothas know what
"an album #3" is, but for those of you out there who might be uninitiated, I
will explain the rotation:

Album #1 - mid tempo "non suggestive" black pop (EWF,New Birth, etc)

(and then if things seem to be going well move to...)

Album #2 - "suggestive" black jazz/funk" (Roy Ayres, Minnie Riperton, Lonnie
Liston Smith, etc)

(and with the right rap, a little wine, etc, move to...)

Album #3 - "music for doing the deed" (Jon Lucien, Barry White, etc)

You could stack your LP's on the spindle in such a way that when one side of
the LP was done the next LP would "drop" on to the turntable and
automatically play that side of the next LP. Since each side of an LP was
15-20 min long that meant that you knew had 30-40 min to either know that
you were gonna get to "do the deed" or not. This meant a brotha could plan
accordingly, based on knowing how long each side of the LP. Now if you knew
what you were doing and timed things properly, this meant you could complete
"round 1" by the time that side #1 of "an album #3" was completed.

Now for you kiddies without any "turntable experience" here is an additional
little trick...

At the conclusion of "round 1", when the music ends, if you remove all three
LP's from the spindle without disrupting the order and simply "flip them all
over", and place them back on the spindle of your automatic turntable, you
have created a perfect musical set for "round 2". This was usually quite
effective; in fact it was so easy to do that it could even be done in
complete darkness.....lol

(I'll bet that all of this is probably now a lost art.....lol)

(and without becoming too graphic, now you know what "an album #3"
is....lol)

That my friend is what the album "A Kiss in the Sand" by Leon Ware is all
about and here is what cha need to do if you are planning to "road test"
this album in your own environment.

1. Send the kids away to grandma's for the weekend

2. Tell your significant other that you are planning an "indoor picnic" for
Friday evening

3. Take off early on Friday afternoon to buy "picnic supplies" and to
program the CD player (since we don't use turntables anymore.....lol)

4. You will need 3 CD's, Leon Ware's "A Kiss in the Sand" along with 2
others that fit the criteria that I described above and think in terms of
creating 6 different programs that you will be playing consecutively. Each
of these programs will consist of 1/2 of the songs from each CD and you must
program them in EXACTLY this sequence...

"Round one": 1/2Album #1>1/2Album #2>1/2 Leon Ware>

"Round two": 1/2Album #1>1/2Album #2>1/2 Leon Ware>

Now if some of yall think I have given you too much information, just
pretend that you never read this. For the rest of yall, go ahead and give
this a shot. Pick up the CD online at Leon Ware's official website at:
http://www.leonware.com/
And let me know if YOU think that Leon Ware's latest release "A Kiss in the
Sand" can qualify as "an album #3"

Track Listing: A Kiss in the Sand
(use at your own risk)

Easy Mover
Away
Live In Your Love Forever
The Light
Warm Inside
A Kiss In The Sand
I'm Yours
Night In Brazil
I Believe In Love
I Wish You Knew
Spirits Lovin'
Straight To My Soul
Hearts Alive
Sweet Tears
Soothing Sunset

http://www.leonware.com/

----------------------------------------
Bob Davis
earthjuice_at_prodigy.net
----------------------------------------
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.com"> SOUL-PATROL.COM WEBSITE
www.soul-patrol.com </a>
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.com/newsletter"> JOIN THE FREE BI-WEEKLY:
SOUL-PATROL
NEWSLETTER www.soul-patrol.com/newsletter </a>
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.net"> SOUL-PATROL.NET RADIO
www.soul-patrol.net </a>
<a href="http://www.soul-patrol.com/chat"> INTERACT & LISTEN: SOUL-PATROL
CHAT ROOM
www.soul-patrol.com/chat </a>
----------------------------------------
Received on 2006-02-17 01:55:48