Calvin Keys - Shawn-neeq [New Vinyl LP] Black, Blue, Colored Vinyl

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Calvin Keys - Shawn-neeq [New Vinyl LP] Black, Blue, Colored Vinyl

Artist: Calvin Keys

Title: Shawn-neeq

Format: Vinyl LP

Genre: Jazz

UPC: 848064019053

Release Date: 2025

Record Label: Real Gone Music

Album Tracks

1. B. E
2. Criss Cross
3. Shawn-Neeq
4. Gee-Gee
5. B. K

The late, great Calvin Keys'1971 debut album for the Black Jazz Records label announced the arrival of a new star in the jazz guitar firmament. Keys had spent the '60s backing up the crème de la crème of jazz organists-Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Richard "Groove" Holmes-but for his first record as a leader, he was eager to play with a piano player instead. So he recruited one of the best-Larry Nash, who, besides being a member of the L.A. Express, played with everybody from Eddie Harris to Bill Withers to Etta James. Bassist Lawrence Evans, drummer Bob Braye, and flautist-songwriter Owen Marshall rounded out the group on Shawn-Neeq, which might remind some of Pat Metheny's early work (Metheny acknowledges Keys as an influence), or Grant Green. But what gives Shawn-Neeq extra depth is that it comes from the heart; as Keys says in Pat Thomas' liner notes, which feature an interview with the artist: "My thing was, I write about some of the experiences that I've had in my life." Keys became a fixture in the Bay Area jazz scene before he passed in April 2024; this is the album that started his journey. Another gem from the celebrated Black Jazz catalog, pressed in blue with black swirl vinyl limited to 750 copies!

LP SIDE ONE

1. B. E.
2. Criss Cross
3. Shawn-Neeq

LP SIDE TWO

1. Gee-Gee
2. B. K.

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