All About The Music

Ken and his special guest Jay Rowe listen to Ken's groundbreaking album "Music For Guitar And Orchestra" and talk about the music - how it was composed, orchestrated, recorded and much more. This podcast is an excellent way to preview this breakthrough album with some very interesting commentary from Ken and Jay.

Ken previews his new album "Bonfire" with behind the scenes stories and information about how he recorded his new music and the inspiration for the songs. For more information, please visit: kennavarro.com

Ken has an in depth conversation with keyboardist and composer Bill Laurance. Best known for his three #1 solo albums including his brand new one "Aftersun" as well as numerous Grammy Award winning albums with Snarky Puppy, Bill is currently on tour with Snarky Puppy and spoke with Ken from the road. Music excerpts included in this podcast are Ken Navarro's "The Stars, The Snow, The Fire" from his...

Ken speaks with saxophonist Tony Craddock Jr, a young and gifted musician who has already released two excellent albums including 2014's "Convection" featuring Ken on the composition "1102 Bradfield Hall". Ken and Tony discuss how Tony is successfully making his way in the competitive world of music and smooth jazz as well as the the importance of time management, practice and building a career in...

Ken takes you into his recording studio for an in depth look at the instruments he played and recorded for his #1 hit song "Juliet" from his 2015 album Unbreakable Heart. For more information on Ken Navarro and his music, please visit: kennavarro.com

Ken brings you into his recording studio and discusses the instrumentation and arrangement of his song "Frenchmen Street" from his 2015 album "Unbreakable Heart".

Ken brings you into his recording studio and discusses the form and structure of his song "Frenchmen Street" from his 2015 album "Unbreakable Heart".

Ken previews his new album "Unbreakable Heart" with behind the scenes stories and information about how he recorded his new music and the inspiration for each song.

Ken has a conversation with keyboardist James Lloyd who released his first solo album this year, after a storied career with with the group he co-founded almost 40 years ago, Pieces of a Dream. James talks about being discovered at the age of 16 by Grover Washington, touring with Grover (including his first tour with a broken hand!), his process for composing and recording and the creative, improv...

Elan Trotman moved to Boston, Massachusetts from his home in Barbados to attend the Berklee College of Music. He decided to stay and pursue his musical ambitions in the USA and has since become a sought after and in demand contemporary jazz saxophonist. This was the first time Ken and Elan had spoken and so these two musicians spent some time getting to know one another - Monday Podcast Series, ep...

Sandy Shore is the founder and president of Smoothjazz.com, the leading smooth and contemporary internet jazz radio station and website. Ken and Sandy have known each other for 20 years and talk about the past and future of contemporary jazz and radio - Monday Podcast Series, episode 5

It's been 12 years since Ken produced Eric Darius's first national album "Night On The Town". They had a lot of catching up to do - Monday Podcast Series, episode 4

Ken discusses making music, the road and the music business with keyboardist Jay Rowe - Monday Podcast Series, episode 3

Ken discusses and shares his process for composing new music - Monday Podcast Series, episode 2

Ken gives advice on how to begin to learn to play the guitar - Monday Podcast Series, episode 1

Ken narrates an audio preview of "Strength" from his new album for January 2015 "Hope, Joy, Strength"

Ken narrates an audio preview of "Joy" from his new album for January 2015 "Hope, Joy, Strength"

Ken narrates an audio preview of "Hope" from his new album for January 2015 "Hope, Joy, Strength"

Ken narrates an audio preview of his new album for 2014 "Ruby Lane"

Ken takes you behind the scenes in part 4 of the creation of his new album "Ruby Lane"

Ken takes you behind the scenes in part 3 of the creation of his new album "Ruby Lane"

Ken takes you behind the scenes in part 2 of the creation of his new album "Ruby Lane"

Ken takes you behind the scenes in part 1 of the creation of his new album "Ruby Lane"

Ken takes you behind the scenes with his new CD "The Test Of Time".

Ken talks about how you can have him perform a special and unique Living Room Concert for you