Calvin Keys
{{Short description|American jazz guitarist (1942–2024)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Calvin Keys
| image =
| image_size =
| landscape =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|2|6}}
| birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|4|14|1942|2|6}}
| death_place = Berkeley, California, U.S.
| occupations = Musician, composer
| instrument = Electric guitar
| years_active = 1969–2024
| label = Black Jazz, Wide Hive
| website =
}}
Calvin Keys (February 6, 1942 – April 14, 2024) was an American jazz guitarist, known for the several albums he released for Black Jazz Records.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p93610|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Discography]
Keys performed and recorded with Ray Charles, Ahmad Jamal, Jimmy Smith, John Handy, Bobby Hutcherson, Eddie Marshall, Sonny Stitt, Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson and Leon Williams.[http://www.totallyguitars.com/thelisteningpost/calvin-keys/ Calvin Keys] at Totally Guitars. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
Keys died from a stroke in Berkeley, California, on April 14, 2024, at the age of 82.{{cite news |last=Meline |first=Gabe |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13955977/calvin-keys-jazz-guitarist-dies-obit-oakland |title=Calvin Keys, Jazz Guitarist With Endless Soul, Dies at 82 |publisher=KQED |date=2024-04-15 |accessdate=2024-04-15}}
Discography
=As leader=
- Shawn-Neeq (Black Jazz, 1971)
- Proceed with Caution! (Black Jazz, 1974)
- Criss Cross (Ovation, 1976)
- Full Court Press (Olive Branch, 1985)
- Maria's First (Olive Branch, 1987)
- Standard Keys [live] (Lifeforce Jazz, 1992 [1997])
- Detours into Unconscious Rhythms (Wide Hive, 2000)
- Touch (Olive Branch, 2000) compilation
- An Evening With Calvin Keys [live] (Lifeforce Jazz, 2003) 2-CD
- Calvinesque (Silverado, 2005)
- Vertical Clearance (Wide Hive, 2006)
- Hand Made Portrait (Silverado, 2007)
- Electric Keys (Wide Hive, 2013)
- Close Enough For Love (Lifeforce Jazz, 2015)
- Simply Calvin (Lifeforce Jazz, 2022)
- Blue Keys (Wide Hive, 2022)
=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
- Gene Russell, Talk to My Lady (Black Jazz, 1973)
- Billy Brooks, Windows of the Mind (Crossover, 1974)
- Doug Carn, Adam's Apple (Black Jazz, 1974)
- Doug Carn, Higher Ground (Ovation, 1976)
- Gene Russell, Listen Here (Ovation, 1976)
- James Newton Howard, Dying Young (Arista, 1991)
- Denise Perrier, I Wanna Be Loved (Chezz Perrier, 1996)
- Dissent, Dissent (Wide Hive, 1999)
- Azeem, Mayhem Mystics (Wide Hive, 2004)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.calvinkeysjazz.com/ Official site]
- [http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Calvin_Keys.htm Calvin Keys discography] at Jazzlists
- [http://www.widehive.com/artists/calvinkeys Calvin Keys Page at Wide Hive Records]
- [http://www.widehive.com/discography/electrickeys "Electric Keys" Page at Wide Hive Records]
- [http://www.widehive.com/discography/verticalclearance "Vertical Clearance" Page at Wide Hive Records]
- [http://www.widehive.com/discography/detoursunconsciousrythms "Detours Into Unconscious Rythms(sic)" Page at Wide Hive Records]
- {{discogs artist|Calvin Keys}}
- {{imdb name|4009607}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Keys, Calvin}}
Category:American jazz guitarists
Category:Black Jazz Records artists
Category:African-American guitarists
Category:Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:American male guitarists
Category:20th-century American guitarists
Category:Jazz musicians from California
Category:Guitarists from California
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:American male jazz musicians