Keys, Calvin / Vertical Clearance
| Album: | Vertical Clearance | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Keys, Calvin | Added: | Apr 2006 | |
| Label: | Wide Hive | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2006-05-14 | Pull Date: | 2006-07-16 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jul 16 | Jun 18 | May 28 | May 21 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 09, 2010: | The Jazz Hour
Unresolved Daydream |
4. | Jun 12, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum
Vertical Clearance |
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| 2. | Dec 01, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum
Last Exit |
5. | May 22, 2006: | No Cover, No Minimum
Last Exit |
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| 3. | Jul 14, 2006: | Memory Select
Proceed With Caution '06 |
6. | May 19, 2006: | Memory Select
Proceed With Caution '06 |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2006-05-13
Reviewed 2006-05-13
Bay area guitarist favoring soul/funk settings and a "nighttime jazz" sheen. Mainstream stuff heavy in organ and vibes, with a mellow feel but tempos fast enough to deliver some nicely involved solos. Horns appear only here and there but add a nice change of pace. Dangerously verges on smooth jazz here and there, but Keys turns in some nice work overall.
1- Latin, kind of, with percussion and mid/fast horns
2- Thumpy drums and mysterious air, fairly fast
3- Fast minor-key jam. Pleasant jazz chorus.
4- Adventurous. Fast floaty playing and a complex jazz middle
5- After-hours stuff, funky mellow, mid/fast. Ick.
6- Mildly spacey start; digs in for a nicely aggressive jam
7- Echoey 7/4 time, a friendly warm soul/jazz bit.
8- Cool vibes feel. Picks up after a slowish intro, into a nicely rolling pace.
9- Mellow and flowing
10- Softly jazzy, with a fairly fast pace.
11- Slowly funky '70s horn line, a crisp snappy midtempo piece
1- Latin, kind of, with percussion and mid/fast horns
2- Thumpy drums and mysterious air, fairly fast
3- Fast minor-key jam. Pleasant jazz chorus.
4- Adventurous. Fast floaty playing and a complex jazz middle
5- After-hours stuff, funky mellow, mid/fast. Ick.
6- Mildly spacey start; digs in for a nicely aggressive jam
7- Echoey 7/4 time, a friendly warm soul/jazz bit.
8- Cool vibes feel. Picks up after a slowish intro, into a nicely rolling pace.
9- Mellow and flowing
10- Softly jazzy, with a fairly fast pace.
11- Slowly funky '70s horn line, a crisp snappy midtempo piece
Track Listing
| 1. | Mrkgy | 6. | Vertical Clearance | |||
| 2. | Spreading Spirit | 7. | Seven & Sonny Straight Up | |||
| 3. | Unresolved Daydream | 8. | Maximum Height | |||
| 4. | Proceed With Caution '06 | 9. | Blue D | |||
| 5. | Secaucus S. Rutherford | 10. | Drunk Monk | |||
| 11. | Last Exit | |||||