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Cameron Graves

The release of Kamasi Washington's The Epic last year marked a seismic shift in the jazz landscape and the game-changing arrival of the genre-blurring Los Angeles collective West Coast Get Down. That evolution continues with the release of Planetary Prince, the debut album by visionary pianist, keyboardist, composer and WCGD founding member Cameron Graves. Upon signing with Mack Avenue Records, Graves’ nearly released four song EP of the same name was expanded to an eight track full length album, all packed with the same mind-expanding invention that marked all of the work previously generated by the WCGD – including Kamasi Washington’s universally acclaimed debut The Epic (which prominently featured Graves throughout its three discs)

Cameron Graves, Randal Despommier, Jeff Lorber Fusion and Graham Costello and Strata

by Len Davis
July 11, 2021

On today's program we begin with two dynamic piano players, Cameron Graves and Hiromi. Saxophonist Randal Despommier with his latestDio C'e and Space-Time from Jeff Lorber Fusion with Jimmy Haslip and Gary Novak. Playlist Cameron Graves “Sacred Spheres" from Seven (Mack Avenuel) 00:00 Hiromi “Double Personality" from Another Mind (Telarc) 06:18 Randal Despommier “Big ...

Cameron Graves: Inventing Thrash-Jazz

by Scott Krane
June 22, 2021

Pianist and composer, Cameron Graves, arrived on the scene in his late teens and early twenties, possessing a proclivity for classical music, an unquenchable passion for heavy metal, and a jazz sensibility and lexicon of musicality. According to the website of Mack Avenue Records, the label that signed Graves and put out his debut solo release, ...

New releases from guitarist Jane Getter, Graham Costello and Strata and Cameron Graves

by Len Davis
May 9, 2021

New music from guitarist Jane Getter and Premonition, drummer Graham Costello and Strata, and guitarist Gabor Lesko's latest. Playlist Jane Getter “Still Here" from Anomalia (Cherry Red) 00:00 Adam Holzman “Ectoplasm" from Truth Decay (Big Fun) 06:28 Alex Skolnick “Conundrum" from Conundrum (Palmetto) 13:01 Robin & The Woods “Dark Waterfalls" from Moonfall (Bramar 19:32/li> ...

Dave Weckl Band: Live In St Louis

by Len Davis
April 25, 2021

In this episode we hear from the Dave Weckl Band and their 2021 release, Live In St Louis. Also more from impressive guitarist Jeremy Green previewing his latest single, and guitarist's Jane Getter and Andre Nieri. We'll also hear more of the superb debut offering by French outfit Robin & The Woods as well as Cameron ...

New releases and a feature on Scott Kinsey

by Len Davis
April 18, 2021

In this episode we feature new releases from Robin & The Woods, Cameron Graves and Australian jazz funk band Pickpocket, plus a feature on Scott Kinsey. Playlist Robin & The Woods “Dying stars Suicide Club" from Moonfall (Bramar) 00:00 Cameron Graves “Sacred Spheres" from Seven (Mack Avenue) 16:50 Pickpocket “Refraction" from Refraction (Self Produced) ...

New releases from Randal Despommier, Mark Lettieri, Cameron Graves and much more

by Len Davis
March 28, 2021

We're spinning new music from Charles Berthoud, Cameron Graves, Mark Lettieri and Randal Despommier. Playlist Miles Davis “Miles Runs The Voodoo Down" from Live At Filmore (Sony) 00:00 Return To Forever “Al's Solo" from Return To Forever Returns (Eagle) 06:51 Charles Berthoud “Don't Look Back Again" from Epiphany (Self Produced) 13:34 Cameron Graves “Sons ...

West Coast Get Down: Kamasi Washington, Cameron Graves, Throttle Elevator Music

by Russell Perry
October 27, 2020

In the past several years, a suite of players have emerged from Los Angeles, many of whom grew up together, loosely connected by the name West Coast Get Down. The most visible player in this scene is Kamasi Washington from a jazz perspective, but Stephen “Thundercat" Bruner and Miles Mosley have made significant records in a ...

Ryan Porter: Force For Good

by Chris May
November 22, 2019

The Los Angeles jazz scene clustered around the community of session musicians known as the West Coast Get Down (WCGD), and its most prominent member (and now ex-session musician), Kamasi Washington, is a US equivalent of London's underground jazz scene. Both exist in parallel universes to the jazz establishment, both are culturally inclusive though peopled mainly ...

Belgrade Jazz Festival 2019

by Martin Longley
November 15, 2019

Belgrade Jazz Festival Dom Omladine / Kombank Dvorana Belgrade Serbia October 22-28, 2019 Reaching its 35th edition, the Belgrade Jazz Festival added extra shows at the beginning and end of its run, making up a full week, or eight days, if the opening dj night is ...