"Calvin is a natural. His playing is so deep in the pocket, it comes off elegant and effortless." - Mercury News
"At times, his fluid fingerpicking threatened to free itself completely from its rhythmic moorings and escape the building into the night sky." - East Bay Express
"This man can list such sterling greats as Ray Charles, Ahmad Jamal, Carmen McRae, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson, Gloria Lynn, M.C. Hammer, Sonny Stitt, Tony Bennett and Luther Vandross as just a few of the folks he has performed and/or recorded with." - Pacifica Tribune
Discography
As leader
Shawn Neeq (Black Jazz, 1971) reissued by Tompkins Square in 2012