Calvin Keys

Calvin Keys is an American jazz guitarist, known for the several albums he released for Black Jazz Records.[1]

Calvin Keys
Born	February 6, 1943 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, soul jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instruments	Electric guitar
Years active	1969–present
Labels	Black Jazz, Wide Hive
Associated acts	Ray Charles, Ahmad Jamal, Jimmy Smith

Keys has performed and recorded with Ray Charles, Ahmad Jamal, John Handy, Bobby Hutcherson, Eddie Marshall, Sonny Stitt, Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson and Leon Williams.[2]

Discography

As leader

• Shawn-Neeq (Black Jazz, 1971)
• Proceed with Caution! (Black Jazz, 1974)
• Criss Cross (Ovation, 1977)
• Full Court Press (Olive Branch, 1985)
• Maria's First (1987)
• Standard Keys (Lifeforce, 1997)
• Detours into Unconscious Rhythms (Wide Hive, 2000)
• Touch (Olive Branch, 2000)
• An Evening With Calvin Keys (Lifeforce, 2003)
• Calvinesque (Silverado, 2005)
• Vertical Clearance (Wide Hive, 2006)
• Hand Made Portrait (Silverado, 2006)
• Electric Keys (Wide Hive, 2013)

As sideman

With Ahmad Jamal

• Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's (Catalyst, 1976)
• Steppin Out with a Dream (20th Century Fox, 1976)
• One (20th Century Fox, 1978)
• Night Song (Motown, 1980)
• Live in Paris 1996 (Birdology/Dreyfus, 1999)

With others

• Azeem, Mayhem Mystics (Wide Hive, 2004)
• Billy Brooks, Windows of the Mind (Crossover, 1974)
• Doug Carn, Adam's Apple (Black Jazz, 1974)
• Doug Carn, Higher Ground (Ovation, 1976)
• James Newton Howard, Dying Young (Arista, 1991)
• Gene Russell, Talk to My Lady (Black Jazz, 1973)
• Gene Russell, Listen Here (Ovation, 1976)

References

1. Allmusic Discography
2. Calvin Keys at Totally Guitars. Retrieved 2013-01-25.

External links

• Official site
• Calvin Keys discography at Jazzlists
• Calvin Keys Page at Wide Hive Records
• "Electric Keys" Page at Wide Hive Records
• "Vertical Clearance" Page at Wide Hive Records
• "Detours Into Unconscious Rythms(sic)" Page at Wide Hive Records