Calvin Keys

Calvin Keys – Shawn-Neeq (Remastered) (1971/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:26 minutes | 721 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Black Jazz Records

Originally released on the influential label Black Jazz in 1971, guitarist Calvin Keys’ debut is a stone classic waiting to be re-discovered. The funky, deep grooves and Calvin’s singular guitar stylings, coupled with a heady collaborative feel that inhabits so many early ’70’s jazz recordings, are all on beautiful display.

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Calvin Keys – Proceed with Caution! (Remastered) (1974/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:20 minutes | 978 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Black Jazz Records

Proceed With Caution! is the second album by American jazz-funk guitarist Calvin Keys, released in 1974 on Black Jazz.

“Calvin Keys is one of the most exciting and talented young guitarists to hit the jazz scene in recent year. As evidenced by his mastery of the instrument in his first album, he is to be reckoned with in years to come. The key to all of this is Calvin’s ability to take a direction and to exploit it to the fullest in his own inimitable manner. On this, his second album on the Black Jazz Label, he leaps forward in time ans sets a pace that others will now have to follow. it would be unfair to single out any tune and call it “BEST” for each ear is served and satiated. Exceptional work by each of his sidemen makes manifest Calvin’s, as well as their own, musical gifts. Calvin Keys is an innovator destined for greatness!” (Chuck Siler)

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Calvin Keys – Criss Cross (Remastered) (1976/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:58 minutes | 968 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ovation Records

Jazz and Blues guitarist Calvin Keys has amassed a tremendously heavy resume, playing with organ greats Charles Earland, Jimmy Smith, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Brother Jack McDuff, to name but a few. Longtime associations with Ray Charles and Ahmad Jamal bolster his impressive career, which includes over a dozen albums under his own leadership. Born in Omaha and once based out of the Mile High City, Calvin has been a mainstay of the Bay Area scene for decades.

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