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Discography

As leader

* ''Shawn-Neeq'' (Black Jazz, 1971) * ''Proceed with Caution!'' (Black Jazz, 1974) * ''Criss Cross'' (

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, 1976) * ''Full Court Press'' (Olive Branch, 1985) * ''Maria's First'' (Olive Branch, 1987) * ''Standard Keys'' ive(Lifeforce Jazz, 1992

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* ''Detours into Unconscious Rhythms'' ( Wide Hive, 2000) * ''Touch'' (Olive Branch, 2000) compilation * ''An Evening With Calvin Keys'' ive(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) *

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, ''Windows of the Mind'' (Crossover, 1974) *

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, ''Adam's Apple'' (Black Jazz, 1974) * Doug Carn, ''Higher Ground'' (Ovation, 1976) * Gene Russell, ''Listen Here'' (Ovation, 1976) *

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, ''Dying Young'' (Arista, 1991) * Dissent, ''Dissent'' (Wide Hive, 1999) * Azeem, ''Mayhem Mystics'' (Wide Hive, 2004)

References

External links

Official site
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
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