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.
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" 2016 - De La Soul - "And The Anonymous Nobody" 
