Calvin Keys - Proceed With Caution (1974) {Black Jazz}
EAC 0.99pb5 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 400dpi | 335MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 155MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Fusion, Post-Bop
EAC 0.99pb5 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 400dpi | 335MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 155MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Fusion, Post-Bop
This date followed Calvin Keys' first, Shawn Neeq, by about two years. Hazy, psychedelic, post-bop is the order of the day here as well, but as most soul-jazz collectors will tell you, there's always a chance for some monster funk on a Black Jazz record so, as predictable as these releases may be on the surface, you never really know until you hear them. In this case, the bomb drops at the beginning of Side Two with "Aunt Lovely." While probably a little too 'out there' for most dance floors, "Aunt Lovely" begins like some of the best funky Grant Green of the era. As the track progresses, though, it gets more than a little hectic – especially during Charles Owens' Pharoah Sanders-esque soprano solo. Kirk Lightsey's overdriven and distorted electric piano only serves to add to this tension later.