"A KISS IN THE SAND" invites the listener to experience this Detroit native's jazz and soul roots with the ebullient melodies and rhythms of Brazil. Collaborating with Brazilian guitarist Sandro Albert gave birth to a new genre - R & BOSSA - a style that includes soul, jazz and bossa rhythm , crowned with Leon's sensual vocal style and romantic and sexy lyrics. 　　The EUR Web describes it in their Best Bets, as follows: 　　 　　- Sensual, soulful, exotic and beautiful appropriately describe "A Kiss In The Sand" - a new album from the legendary singer-songwriter, Leon Ware. The man who wrote hits for such icons as Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones and Maxwell and has been sampled by Tupac, G-Unit, Ice Cube, Brandy and Aaliyah among many others, is boldly set to take a step in a new direction. "A Kiss In The Sand" is an elegant and inspired collection of what Ware calls "R & Bossa"- the brilliant marriage of R & B and Brazilian jazz". - 　　 　　 　　Ware wrote or co-wrote all the songs on this project. Lyrically he is a spiritually inspired messenger of love, an optimistic poet who dispenses doses of wisdom along with poignant prayers of oneness. 　　He and co-producer Sandro Albert dressed the tracks luxuriously with intimate acoustic guitar riffs (Albert), classy piano flourishes (Renato Neto who plays with PRINCE), Bossa Nova percussion (Cassio Duarte) and drums (Jimmy Branly) and warm and enveloping bass sounds (the world renowned Victor Bailey). 　　 　　If you assumed that "A Kiss In The Sand" was all about lovers on the beach, you're not far from the sandy path that leads to Leon's door. Intimacy has ever been a hallmark of Leon Ware's transcendental classics - from Marvin Gaye's "I Want You" and "After The Dance" to Minnie Riperton's "Inside My Love" and "Can You Feel What I'm Saying". It's been a crux on which destinies were determined from Michael Jackson's "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (1972) to Maxwell's "Sumthin' Sumthin'" (1996). 　　 　　So on the new album, when you hear a song like "Easy Mover" and think it's about a woman, it is actually the ocean of which he speaks. Listen with your heart, mind and soul wide open. Even at his most fervent, it is as if Leon is whispering into your earlobe - 　　Vulnerably yet shamelessly serenading you from your soul to our toes. For Leon Ware, sensuality is the hook with which he reels you in from a rocky bluff just up yonder. But what he lays on you once he's got you goes deeper than the loins can feel and further than the eyes can see. This delicious dichotomy has resulted in Leon Ware being ordained "The Sensual Minister". 　　 　　"This album began in my creative soul many years ago when I composed "Night In Brazil" and I have longed to bring together my affinity for this music and the wonderful writers I have been blessed to work with who are from Brazil. " Marcos Valle, a renowned singer/songwriter from Brazil who collaborated with Leon since the early '80's (Rockin' You Eternally - title song of Leon's Elektra album -1981) co-wrote the title track "A Kiss In The Sand" and Guilherme Verguiero, another of Leon's Brazilian soul-mates contributed to "Easy Mover". Meeting Sandro Albert, a wonderfully gifted Jazz guitarist in his own right, brought forth several of the songs including "Away", "The Light" and "I'm Yours". 　　Another long-time friend and gifted songwriter Adrienne Anderson 　　co-wrote the breathtaking cut "Warm Inside" and Kanafu Marie, a recent collaborator based in Japan co-wrote "Hearts Alive". 　　 　　"Spirits Lovin'" reflects Leon's belief about what men should be to each other - James Ingram and Billy Valentine add their soulful touches to this tune which is followed by a song entitled "Straight To My Soul" that was co-written with Leon's daughter Laura to whom he dedicates this album and whose passing, from a lengthy battle with cancer, brought this album to light. 　　 　　Already at work in the studio on his next R & B masterpiece, Leon is intent on doing more performing and bringing his musical message everywhere he can and give the people a more literal, "soulful" kiss they can really feel - up close and personal.