Calvin Keys - Jazz Guitarist
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News & Events
Dec. 7, 2007 Recording session with Gloria Coleman.
Aug. 4 2007 The Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame awards Calvin the Lifetime Acheivement Award.
Feb, 22, 2007 NEW CD RELEASE: "Hand Made Portrait"
Official Release date: May 1, 2007
Feb. 13, 2007 Hand Made Portrait CD debuts at #60 on the Jazz Week media chart.
Dec. 6, 2006 Kenny Burrell 75th Birthday Celebration in L.A. - see photo
April 25, 2006 NEW CD RELEASE: "Vertical Clearance" on Wide Hive Records
Aug 4, 2005 Calvin Keys will be inducted into the Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame in an awards ceremony to be held Thurs. Aug. 4, 2005 in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
May 2005 Two of Calvin's recordings for Black Jazz Records, Shawn Neeq (1973) and Proceed With Caution (1974) have been re-packaged and are being distributed in Japan.
April 2005 NEW CD RELEASE: "Calvinesque" on Silverado Records. Available online at cdbaby.com
Release Date: May 10th
Feb. 8, 2004 The Bay Area Blues Society's West Coast Hall of Fame has selected the Calvin Keys Trio as Jazz Group of The Year 2003 !
The West Coast Blues Hall of Fame & Awards Show will be held on Sat., Feb 28, 2004, 7-11pm at the Calvin Simmons Theatre @ Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, 10 Tenth St., Oakland, CA 94612
Dec. 16, 2003 Interview on KCSM (San Mateo, CA) for "Desert Island Jazz"
Nov. 18, 2003 Official Release date for the new CD: "An Evening With Calvin Keys"
Nov. 2003 EuroDeJazz.com CD Review of 'An Evening with Calvin Keys'
August 2003 Calvin Keys presented with "A Congressional Lifetime Acheivment Award" from Congress Woman, Barbara Lee.
April 2003 Calvin is awarded the "Key to Creativity" from the City of Oakland in celebration of Oakland's 150th Anniversary. (letter from Mayor Jerry Brown).
April 2003 JazzMasters Workshop holds concert/fundraiser at Yoshis, featuring Bruce Forman, Stanley Jordan, Mundell Lowe, Calvin Keys, Bob Weir, and JMW students
April 5, 2003 2:30 - 5:30 WORKSHOP & INTERACTIVE JAZZ SESSION
Jazz Interactive Workshop for players of all levels lead by Bay Area "legendary guitarist" Calvin Keys. Special guest includes Bill Stewart. Oakland Jazz Foundation


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