Calvin Keys - Proceed With Caution Black Jazz Label 1974
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BJQD/18, Black Jazz 1974.
Calvin Keys is an American jazz guitarist, known for the several albums he released for Black Jazz Records.
The Bay Area virtuoso guitarist is well known for his performances and recordings with greats such as Ray Charles, Ahmad Jamal, John Handy, Bobby Hutcherson, Eddie Marshall, Sonny Stitt, Pharaoh Sanders, Joe Henderson and Leon Williams.
- "Calvin is a natural. His playing is so deep in the pocket, it comes off elegant and effortless." - Mercury News
- "At times, his fluid fingerpicking threatened to free itself completely from its rhythmic moorings and escape the building into the night sky." - East Bay Express
- "This man can list such sterling greats as Ray Charles, Ahmad Jamal, Carmen McRae, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Gloria Lynn, M.C. Hammer, Sonny Stitt, Tony Bennett and Luther Vandross as just a few of the folks he has performed and/or recorded with." - Pacifica Tribune
Tracklist?
A1
Proceed With Caution
12:44
A2
Tradewinds
4:30
A3
Efflugence
8:05
B1
Aunt Lovey
7:30
B2
Renaissance
11:30
B3
Night Cry
4:46
Credits?
· Arranged By– Al Hall, Jr.* (tracks: A3), Calvin Keys (tracks: A1, B1 to B3), David Durrah (tracks: A2)
· Bass– Nyimbo Henry Franklin*
· Drums– Ndugu Leon Chancelor*
· Electric Piano– Thalmus Kirk Lightsey*
· Engineer– Jim Mooney
· Executive Producer– Gene Russell
· Flute– Charles Owens
· Guitar [Lead]– Ajafika Calvin Keys*
· Percussion– Owen Marshall
· Saxophone [Soprano, Tenor]– Charles Owens
· Trumpet, Flugelhorn– Cha Che Oscar Brashear*
Notes?
Recorded in Sage And Sand, Hollywood, California.
Mixed at Streeterville Studios, Chicago, Illinois.
Graphics : Grafica Studio, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
"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
West Coast Editor
The Black Collegian/Expressions
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