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Calvin Keys, Widely Loved Jazz Guitarist With Endless Soul, Dies at 82by Gabe Meline, Senior Editor KQED Arts & Culture. Calvin Keys, the Oakland-based jazz guitarist who worked with giants like Ray Charles and Ahmad Jamal, and who possessed a unique style both on stage and records, died Sunday afternoon. He was 82 Keys was surrounded at Berkeley’s Alta Bates Medical Center on Sunday by family and loved ones from the Bay Area music scene, said his close friend and musical collaborator, Art Maxwell. The cause of death was complications due…
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Award Winning APHERESIS HERO, MUSICIAN Art Maxwell sets 60 GALLON Blood Donation Record!
“With blood banks running dangerously low on supplies, super donors like Maxwell are more important than ever. Stringent protocols have been put in place to minimize any chance of passing on COVID-19” — says journalist Andrew Gilbert in the April 2nd edition of the San Francisco Chronicle...
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BAJABA MAISHA YA KAZA BORA AWARD
Presented to Art MaxwellSWAHILI Translation: “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT.” “Art Maxwell This 2022 Award celebrates, Your Self Determination (Kujichagulia). Your can do Spirit and Your Drive, confirms Your Commitment. Your Purpose(Nia) in Life has a Significant impact on the men and women that you’ve mentored, taught, inspired and Empowered. As a Multi-Instrumentalist, Arranger, Producer, Agent, and Founder of Tonal Gravity Records with contributions to LifeForceJazz, JaZzLine INSTITUTE and The BAJABA Collective, solidifies “The Evolution of the BLUES”! YOU reveal who You are and we can…