{"id":2658,"date":"2012-05-31T20:34:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T20:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/?p=465"},"modified":"2022-06-22T04:44:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T04:44:30","slug":"calvin-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/tg-classic-blogs\/band-trivia\/calvin-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"Calvin Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Calvin Keys by Steve Rose\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XkA2-TwZppA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nBy: Stephen Rose<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin-keys-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-547\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Calvin Keys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin-keys-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a>This is a shout out to Calvin Keys, an American jazz guitarist currently residing in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u00a0 Known for his funky deep grooves, this legendary sideman is primarily remembered for two albums he released in the early 1970\u2019s on the underground Black Jazz Records label, including the soul-jazz classic Shawn-Neeq. He has released nine albums under his own name, and has performed as a sideman on dozens of other projects with the likes of Ray Charles and Ahmad Jamal.<br \/>\nCalvin Keys was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1943.\u00a0 His father was a drummer in the local clubs, and his uncle played Delta Blues guitar.\u00a0 Calvin taught himself guitar as a teenager on his uncle Ivory\u2019s Gibson &#8211; even though he\u2019d been warned away from the instrument with the threat of a whipping. When his uncle caught him one day, he was so impressed by what the youngster had learned while watching him play that he gave his nephew his prized instrument.<br \/>\n&#8220;For the next six months I was up all night with that guitar,&#8221; Keys says.<br \/>\nCalvin Keys landed his first paying gig at 17, with an R&amp;B band called Doctor Spider and his Rock and Roll Web. He began touring with sax player Little Walkin\u2019 Willie, then shifted to jazz after discovering the music of Miles Davis and Charlie Christian.<br \/>\nKeys recalls the music scene around Omaha as a talent-laden environment that was constantly enriched by traveling players. In one memorable encounter, blues singer and alto saxophonist Eddie Cleanhead Vinson called him out at a jam session and taught him the chords to the Miles Davis tune &#8220;Four&#8221;. When Keys returned the next week ready to show off the solo he had developed on the chord changes of &#8220;Four&#8221;, Vinson called a different Davis piece, &#8220;Tune Up&#8221;.<br \/>\n&#8220;Cleanhead really inspired me to start doing some other kinds of research,&#8221; Keys says.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-550\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Calvin keys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a>The guitarist spent most of the \u201860s on the road playing with various organ combos, including brief stints with Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff and longer runs with Jackie Ivory, Jackie Davis and Frank Edwards &#8211; who provided Keys with a strong jazz history foundation.<br \/>\n&#8220;Frank turned me on to Duke Ellington and Count Basie and the real music,&#8221; Keys says. &#8220;He knew all the tunes. After I cut Frank loose, I was after something else, but I wasn\u2019t sure what. But I knew I wanted to get my own band and do my own thing.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Earlier in my career, I played with a lot of different organ players. We just jumped and played whenever the situation called for it. That\u2019s what most guitar players did. It caused them to take a step forward because it worked so well with the organ. Especially after you heard Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell. Who did not like that guitar with that organ?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;It was a natural sound,&#8221; Keys says, &#8220;because the guitar is one of the few instruments that can cut through that organ too.\u201d<br \/>\n[Other notable jazz organists that Keys has played and recorded with include Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Richard \u201cGroove\u201d Holmes, Big John Patton, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Charles Earland, and Papa De Francesco.]<br \/>\nIn 1969 Calvin Keys moved to Los Angeles and became the house guitarist at the Pershing Room with Red Holloway.\u00a0 During this period he also co-led a band with Blue Mitchell, performed with Oscar Brown Jr. at the legendary Memory Lane club, and played with Ray Charles &#8211; an initiation and rite of passage for African American musicians coming to Los Angeles at the time. \u00a0\u201cI worked all over L.A. \u00a0I wanted to make a statement,\u201d Keys recalls.<br \/>\nIn 1971, Calvin Keys signed to Black Jazz Records, an independent label founded in Oakland, CA by jazz pianist Gene Russell to provide artists the opportunity to play alternatives to traditional jazz like funk, free jazz and soul jazz. \u00a0Black Jazz was known for a series of progressive post-bop and electric jazz LPs released between 1971 and 1975.\u00a0 In addition to Keys\u2019s debut, it issued recordings by Rudolf Johnson (a tenor saxophonist with Ray Charles), \u00a0Chester Thompson (a keyboardist with Carlos Santana), and Walter Bishop Jr. (a pianist with Charlie Parker).\u00a0[Black Jazz closed its doors following the death of Gene Russell in 1976.]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_shawn_neeq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-473\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Shawn Neeq\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_shawn_neeq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCalvin Keys&#8217; first album for Black Jazz was the classic Shawn-Neeq, named after Shanique, his then-newborn niece.<br \/>\n\u201cI write from experience,\u201d said Keys.\u00a0 &#8220;I tried to capture the beauty of bringing a brand-new baby into the household. \u00a0Now if that ain&#8217;t love and beauty, what is?&#8221;<br \/>\nShawn-Neeq opens with a rubato introduction on the first track &#8220;B.E.&#8221; &#8211; picking up where the Miles Davis classic &#8216;In A Silent Way&#8217; left off as an exercise in experimental jazz fusion. \u00a0The track is a true group collaboration with Larry Nash&#8217;s Fender Rhodes electric piano and Owen Marshall&#8217;s wailing sax perfectly complementing Key&#8217;s fluid guitar lines. \u00a0Bob Braye on drums and Lawrence Evans on electric bass provide a driving rhythm. \u00a0Keys and Nash follow the opener by trading solos on the hard-swinging &#8220;Criss-Cross;&#8221; which gives way to the title track &#8220;Shawn-Neeq,&#8221; a ballad\u00a0in waltz time. \u00a0On &#8220;Gee-Gee&#8221; the band shifts back into high gear with all three soloists given the opportunity to show off their chops. The album closes with &#8220;B.K.&#8221; a bookend to the opening track &#8220;B.E.&#8221;<br \/>\nShawn-Neeq was produce by Gene Russell, and recorded live with no over-dubs at Hollywood Spectrum Studios in Los Angeles.<br \/>\n\u201cThe music released by Black Jazz was very much connected to the Civil Rights movement,&#8221; said Keys. &#8220;I wanted Shawn-Neeq to be spontaneous, improvised, and reflect the spirit of the times. Looking back after 40 years, I\u2019ll have to say the recording has held up well. \u00a0It still has appreciators. It\u2019s heartening that the Black Jazz vinyl records are now collectors\u2019 items.\u201d<br \/>\n[In 2011,Tompkins Square re-released \u201cShawn-Neeq\u201d on 180g vinyl.]<br \/>\nShortly after the release of Shawn-Neeq, Calvin Keys was hired to tour and record with Ray Charles, whom he would work with off and on until 1995.\u00a0 He traveled in Europe with Charles\u2019s big band on a tour that featured the Count Basie Orchestra and the Oscar Peterson Trio.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_proceed_with_caution.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-485\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Proceed With Caution\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_proceed_with_caution.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn 1973, Black Jazz released Calvin Key\u2019s second album \u201cProceed With Caution,\u201d also produced by Gene Russell.\u00a0 He shuffled the lineup for this outing resulting in a slightly different spin on this exercise in Miles Davis-inspired jazz-fusion.\u00a0 The title track, \u201cProceed With Caution,\u201d kicks off the album with a bubbling cauldron of musical ideas; followed by \u201cTradewinds,\u201d which continues the mystical adventure.\u00a0 The fourth track, \u201cAunt Lovey,\u201d gets a funky groove on; while \u201cRenaissance\u201d lends an intense sense of urgency to the affair.\u00a0 The album concludes by relaxing into a gentle Bossa Nova beat for the final track, \u201cNight Cry.\u201d<br \/>\n[In addition to his own releases, in 1975 Calvin Keys appeared on Doug Carn\u2019s &#8216;Adams Apple&#8217; for Black Jazz Records.]<br \/>\nIn 1974, after completing a tour with Ray Charles, Keys returned to Los Angeles and began a 20 year association with pianist Ahmad Jamal, recording six albums together and touring the globe.<br \/>\n\u201cHe [Ray Charles] was incredible,&#8221; Keys remembers. &#8220;That was some of the greatest moments in my musical career, working with Ray. And then I got tired of doing that organ thing, I wanted to get into a trio, but I had no idea it would be the Ahmad Jamal Trio.\u201d<br \/>\nKeys spent the next six years as part of Jamal\u2019s quartet with bassist Jamil Nasser and drummer Frank Gant. He left Jamal in 1980 to freelance, but he has returned to work with the pianist many times.<br \/>\n&#8220;Calvin is one of my favorite players,&#8221; says Ahmad Jamal. &#8220;He\u2019s been one of my mainstays for years. He has a tremendous warmth and technical facility in his work, and he\u2019s very serious about what he does. He\u2019s a consummate gentleman and humanitarian.&#8221;<br \/>\n[From 1976 to 1980, Jamal and Keys released several albums together, including \u201cSteppin\u2019 Out With a Dream,\u201d \u201cOne,\u201d \u201cIntervals,\u201d and\u00a0\u201cNight Song.\u201d A live recording, \u201cAhmad Jamal In Paris,\u201d\u00a0was released in 1996.]<br \/>\n\u201cTo me Ahmad [Jamal] was one of the greatest piano players that ever lived,\u201d Keys exclaims. \u201cI had the chance to play with him not only for a few days, I worked with him for a few years. It was incredible.\u00a0\u201c<br \/>\nIn 1975, Calvin Keys relocated to Oakland, CA, and has since recorded numerous solo albums and played with many greats,\u00a0including Tony Bennett, Taj Mahal, Luther Vandross, M.C. Hammer, Missy Elliott, Pharoah Sanders, Bobby Hutcherson, Sonny Stitt and John Handy. He also began work as music director for jazz piano giant Earl \u201cFatha\u201d Hines.<br \/>\n[Other artists Keys has performed with include Eddie Marshall, Joe Henderson, Leon Williams, Donald Byrd, Lou Donaldson, Carmen McCrea, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Stanley Turrentine, George Coleman, and Jimmy Witherspoon.]<br \/>\nIn 1985, Olive Branch Records released a Calvin Keys solo album titled \u201cFull Court Press,\u201d followed a year later by \u201cMaria\u2019s First,\u201d and \u201cTouch\u201d in 2000.<br \/>\nAfter a successful quadruple-bypass operation in 1997, Calvin Keys returned to music with a renewed sense of purpose.\u00a0 He learned guitar by sitting in with older musicians, a favor he says he wants to return.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWhat I\u2019m trying to do here is take the experience and the knowledge that I\u2019ve obtained through the years and pass it on to the younger generation.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m just another brother out here trying to share the love that I\u2019ve learned to express through my music.\u00a0 That\u2019s where I\u2019m at right now.\u00a0 I guess I always have been there, but I\u2019ve never been able to express it like I\u2019m able to now.\u201d<br \/>\nIn 1998, Calvin Keys signed with San Francisco-based &#8216;Wide Hive Records,&#8217; and played on their inaugural release, entitled &#8216;Dissent.&#8217;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_detours.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-484 alignleft\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Detours Into Unconscious Rhythms\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_detours.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn 2001, Calvin Keys returned to the forefront of experimental jazz with \u201cDetours Into Unconscious Rhythms,\u201d his first release as a leader for Wide Hive Records.\u00a0 The album reunited him with former Black Jazz keyboardist Chester Thompson (Santana), and drummer Ron E. Beck (Tower of Power). It also included vibraphonist Roger Glenn (Donald Byrd), percussionist Kenneth Nash (Ahmad Jamal), bassist Jeff Chambers (Ahmad Jamal), and some of the best new young talent from the San Francisco Bay Area.\u00a0 The album was produced by Gregory Howe of the post-fusion collective \u201cVariable Unit.\u201d<br \/>\nAccording to Keys, \u201cAn unconscious rhythm is that song that you hear on the radio that you like, but you don\u2019t know what it is.\u00a0 And you go through the house humming it for the next couple of days or a week until you hear it again and go, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s that song.\u2019\u00a0 It\u2019s been embedded into your subconscious.\u201d\u00a0 He adds, \u201cWe all have to take detours in our lives to get to the one.\u201d<br \/>\nDetours Into Unconscious Rhythms, the first release in seven years for Keys, is a well crafted recording that harkens back in both style and substance to his 1971 classic \u201cShawn-Neeq.\u201d\u00a0 It is a progressive jazz album containing elements of funk, fusion, and hip-hop.\u00a0 The opening track \u201cPotholes\u201d digs a funky hole; followed by \u201cUrban Shaman,\u201d an exercise in trip-hop complete with turntable scratching courtesy of DJ Zeph.\u00a0 A gospel choir raises the ante on the soulful \u201cDetour;\u201d then Roger Glenn\u2019s vibraphone comes to the forefront on the acid-jazz number \u201cTierra Naranja.\u201d\u00a0 The entire band gets a workout on the progressive \u201cLanding Pad;\u201d then Keys updates an old chestnut with \u201cAunt Lovey \u201999.\u201d\u00a0 The album finishes on a high note with the sweet groove of \u201cPerfection is Instant Death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-482 alignleft\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Standard Keys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_standard_keys.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-496\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"An Evening With Calvin Keys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_an_evening.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In 2003, Lifeforce Jazz released two live albums \u201cStandard Keys,\u201d and \u201cAn Evening With Calvin Keys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Standard Keys, a straight-ahead jazz release in a trio setting, was recorded in 1992 at the Big Basin Academy of Art and Music in Saratoga,CA. \u00a0Calvin Keys stretches out on the first two tracks, an original called &#8220;Abdullah,&#8221; and McCoy Tyner&#8217;s &#8220;Blues On The Corner.&#8221; \u00a0On the third track, he slows it down with a delicate interpretation of Antonio Carlos Jobim&#8217;s &#8220;Onced I Loved;&#8221; then jumps into a bob-ish reading of Miles Davis&#8217; &#8220;The Theme.&#8221; \u00a0The trio swings hard on &#8220;Willow Weep For Me;&#8221; then closes out with an inspired version of Freddie Hubbard&#8217;s &#8220;Little Sunflower.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_verical_clearance1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-499\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Verical Clearance\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_verical_clearance1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a>In 2006, Gregory Howe returned as the guiding hand behind Calvin Key\u2019s second Wide Hive release, Vertical Clearance.\u00a0 The album reunited Keys with Black Jazz pianist Doug Carn, and also featured jazz veterans Phil Ranelin, Sonny Fortune, Roger Glenn, and Babatunde in its lineup.\u00a0Much more experimental than its predecessor, Vertical Clearance contains a variety of old and new-school arrangements from Latin and Funk to Hip-Hop and Acid Jazz.\u00a0 In addition to Keys\u2019 soul-groove guitar lines several tracks feature keyboards and horns.\u00a0 Highlights include \u201cUnresolved Daydream;\u201d the dreamy \u201cProceed With Caution \u201906;\u201d and the acid-jazz number \u201cSecaucus S. Rutherford.\u201d\u00a0 Roger Glenn\u2019s vibes are featured on \u201cMaximum Height;\u201d while Doug Carn\u2019s organ intertwines with a Fender Rhodes electric piano on \u201cBlue D.\u201d The album concludes with \u201cDrunk Monk,\u201d a track with a funky horn arrangement that could have been borrowed from The Roots.<br \/>\nIn 2005, Silverado Records released \u201cCalvinesque,\u201d followed in 2007 with Key\u2019s most recent release \u201cHand Made Portrait.\u201d<br \/>\nIn 2007, fellow Midwesterner Pat Metheny wrote the song &#8220;Calvin&#8217;s Keys&#8221; and included it on his album, \u201cDay Trip\u201d.\u00a0 Pat Metheny has been a big fan of Calvin Keys since the start of his own career and calls him \u201cthe real deal.\u201d\u00a0 [Metheny has also honored James Taylor and Jaco Pastorius in a similar fashion.]<br \/>\nIn July 2011, Calvin Keys was joined by fellow Black Jazz label mates, Henry Franklin and Carl Burnett, for a tribute concert to Gene Russell, titled\u00a0\u201cHeroes of Black Jazz.\u201d The show was held at the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center, in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u00a0They were joined on stage by\u00a0George Harper and Bobby Pierce.<br \/>\nAlso in 2011, Calvin Keys handled the guitar parts on jazz organist Brian Ho\u2019s album \u201cOrganic.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8220;He&#8217;s learning, he&#8217;s going to get better too, so I been helping him as much as I can,&#8221; said the 70-year old guitarist of his new keyboard accompanist. &#8220;That&#8217;s what we gotta do, we got to pass it on to these youngsters. He gives me a lot of respect, and I love him and work with him as much as I can.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;There\u2019s a certain torch being passed around,&#8221; say Keys. &#8220;That torch was passed to me at some point in my life, and I\u2019m trying to keep it burning by handing it on to some of the youngsters.&#8221;<br \/>\nCalvin Keys speak frequently of the Creator, reflecting on his religious faith. \u201cThree words are important to me, \u2018God is love. Love is God.\u2019 This inspires my music. God gave me and blessed me with this talent to play guitar. The Creator is guiding me,\u201d Keys says. \u201cThat\u2019s why I want to spread this music all over the world. The music has a message, and I\u2019m still searching for the right note.\u201d<br \/>\nCalvin Keys plays a Heritage Golden Eagle hollowbody plugged into a 100-watt Polytone Mini-Brute IV with one 15\u201d Celestion speaker.\u00a0 He uses .012-.056 gauge D\u2019Addario strings, and gets his organic tone from a combination of thumb, fingers, and a triangular Dunlup heavy pick.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s the only setup I\u2019ll ever need,\u201d he says.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ll add a little reverb on the Polytone, and that\u2019s more than enough for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-476\" style=\"border-image: initial; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; border-width: 2px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" title=\"Calvin Keys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/thelisteningpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/calvin_keys_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Videos<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nJoe Henderson &amp; Calvin Keys (FEB 1984)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0P2OYTSuMbo&amp;feature=related\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0P2OYTSuMbo&amp;feature=related<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nI\u2019ll Remember April (JUN 2006)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7cntAmdXycQ&amp;feature=related\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7cntAmdXycQ&amp;feature=related<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nMarch To Census (San Jose, APR 2010)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LhPB2ej1lzI&amp;feature=related\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LhPB2ej1lzI&amp;feature=related<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nBrian Ho w\/Calvin Keys (MAY 2010)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N8r02F4HNBo&amp;feature=related\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N8r02F4HNBo&amp;feature=related<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nBlue Monday Jazz Jam (JUN 2011)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9I0TebY5DAk&amp;feature=endscreen\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9I0TebY5DAk&amp;feature=endscreen<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nGumbo on the Green Fest (JUL 2011)<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7oJWulWPDak&amp;feature=related\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7oJWulWPDak&amp;feature=related<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nPBS Promo<br \/>\n<a href=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V_axS89sWTY&amp;feature=related\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V_axS89sWTY&amp;feature=related<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Stephen Rose This is a shout out to Calvin Keys, an American jazz guitarist currently residing in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u00a0 Known for his funky deep grooves, this legendary sideman is primarily remembered for two albums he released in the early 1970\u2019s on the underground Black Jazz Records label, including the soul-jazz classic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2276],"tags":[2288,2289,2290,2292,2293,2294],"class_list":["post-2658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-band-trivia","tag-black-jazz","tag-calvin-keys","tag-eddie-marshall","tag-jazz-guitarists-2","tag-joe-henderson","tag-leon-williams"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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