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Kaveh Rastegar
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Name
Kaveh Rastegar
Role
Composer
Music group
Kneebody
Albums
You Can Have Your Moment, Twelve Songs By Charles I, Low Electrical Worker, Break Me
Similar People
Adam Benjamin, Shane Endsley, Nate Wood, Ben Wendel, Theo Bleckmann
Education
Eastman School of Music
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Kaveh Rastegar (born November 17, 1975) is a Grammy-nominated American bass guitarist and composer. He is a founder of Kneebody and Dakah, and plays with pop and jazz musicians around the world. He has been recognized in the Downbeat Magazine Reader's Poll for electric bass in 2010 and 2011.
Kaveh was born in Montreal and grew up in Denver before studying at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York He then moved to Los Angeles to play with the other future members of Kneebody, whose merchandise often features his artwork. Since then, he has played with many artists, such as Cee-Lo Green, Bruno Mars, De La Soul, Sia, Laura Pausini, The Ditty Bops, Colin Hay, Jesca Hoop, Nels Cline, Sam Sparro, The Calling, Dave Fiuczynski, Carla Bozulich and Wayne Horvitz. He is currently the bass player for John Legend. He resides in Highland Park, California.
Discography
1999 – Dispenza – Four Songs (EP)
2000 – Old Sol – EP
2002 – Wendel – Wendel
2002 – Dakah – Unfinished Symphony
2002 – Shane Endsley – 2nd Guess
2002 – Michael Andrews – Cypher Soundtrack
2002 – Michael Andrews – Orange County Soundtrack
2002 – Baba Alade – Unified And One
2003 – Dakah – Live At California Plaza 07/05/03
2003 – Pan Dulce – Pan Dulce
2003 – Dj Haul e Mason – Cell: Eight
2003 – Arik Marshall – Fantaseality
2003 – Kneebody – Live Fall 2003
2004 – Dakah – Live In Los Angeles 07/02/04
2004 – Dakah – Live In San Francisco 07/31/04
2004 – Thruster – Thruster!
2004 – Thruster – Live In Seattle 04/02/2004
2004 – Casey Black – Vacations
2004 – Click Boom – The Freak Went Suite
2004 – Keven Brennan – God Is A Mighty Gourd
2004 – Keaton Simons – Currently (EP)
2004 – Michael Andrews – Wonderfalls Soundtrack
2005 – Kneebody – Kneebody
2005 – Dj Haul – Half Baked Goods
2005 - Branden Harper – Tangents
2005 - Keaton Simons – Exes And Whys
2005 - Celeste Prince – Lady Sings
2005 - Christopher Wong – Journey From The Fall Soundtrack
2005 - Uri Caine & Nate Wood – Shelf Life Soundtrack
2006 - Kneebody – Live Volume One
2006 - Michael Hernandez – Anonyme
2006 - John Stowers – Everything You Do
2006 - Anna Dagmar – EP
2006 - Rosey – The Old Fashioned Way
2006 - Jurassic 5 – Feedback
2007 - Kneebody – Low Electrical Worker
2007 - Thruster – Green Heat
2007 - John Rogers – Satori
2007 - Tony Scott – A Jazz Life
2007 - Colin Hay – Are You Looking At Me?
2008 - Kneebody – Live Volume 2: Italy
2008 - Kneebody & Theo Bleckmann – 12 Songs By Charles Ives
2008 - Chewy Puma – Macabre Cadabre
2008 - Allensworth – Broken Leaves
2008 - Raya Yarbrough – Raya Yarbrough
2008 - The Ditty Boops – Summer Rains
2008 - Richard Stekol – The Point Of Stars
2009 - Erica Mou – Bacio Ancora Le Ferite
2009 - Anna Dagmar – Let The Waves Come In Threes
2009 - Colin Hay – American Sunshine
2009 - Chali 2Na – Fish Outta Water
2009 - John Gold – A Flower In Your Head
2009 - Tony Monroe - "Tony Monroe - EP"
2009 - Jesca Hoop – Hunting My Dress
2009 - Luciano Ligabue – Sette notti in Arena
2010 - Bruno Mars - It's Better if You Don't Understand EP
2010 - Bruno Mars - Doo Wops and Hooligans
2010 - Kneebody - You Can Have Your Moment
2010 - Cee Lo Green - The Ladykiller
2010 - Luciano Ligabue – Arrivederci, mostro!
2010 - Luciano Ligabue - Arrivederci, mostro! Tutte le facce del mostro
2011 - Giusy Ferreri - Il Mio Universo
2011 - Colin Hay - Gathering Mercury
2011 - Kelly Price - Kelly
2011 - Michelle Shaprow - Purple Skies
2011 - Timothy Young - Gravitational Lensing
2011 - Anthony Hamilton - Back to Love
2011 - Laura Pausini - Inedito
2011 - Luciano Ligabue - Campovolo 2.011
2011 - Kneebody - Live Volume 3: Paris
2011 - Noemi - RossoNoemi
2012 - Kimbra "Vows"
2012 - Thinking Plague - "Decline and Fall"
2012 - Sophie B. Hawkins - "The Crossing"
2012 - Matt Chamberlain - "Company 23"
2012 - Curtis Stigers - "Let's Go Out Tonight"
2012 - Michael Lington - "Pure"
2013 - Nick Mancini - "Storyteller"
2013 - Cristiano De Andre - "Come In Cielo Cosi In Guerra"
2013 - Che Prasad - "Shiva Me Timbers"
2013 - Kelly Segal and Adam Levy - "Little March"
2013 - Kneebody - The Line
2013 - Matt Hires - "The World Won't Last Forever, But Tonight We Can Pretend"
2013 - Latryx - "The Second Album"
2013 - Ligabue - "Mondovisione"
2014 - Meshell Ndegeocello - "Comet Come To Me"
2014 - Kimbra - "The Golden Echo"
2014 - Beck - "Songreader"
2014 - Rebecca Pidgeon - "Bad Poetry"
2014 - Minnie Driver - "Ask Me To Dance"
2015 - Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor "Marvin Gaye" single
2015 - Flo Rida Ft. Fitz - "That's What I Like" single
2015 - Mikie Lee Prasad - "Nowhere Special"
2015 - Ceelo Green - "Heart Blanche"
2015 - Kneebody + Daedelus - "Kneedelus"
2015 - John Legend - "Under The Stars"
2016 - Benji Hughes - "Songs In The Key Of Animals"