Piano | b. late 1980s

Cameron Graves grew up in Los Angeles in a musical family, his father Carl Graves a soul singer, and absorbed hip-hop, rock, heavy metal, classical music and jazz without separating them. He formed the R&B and fusion duo The Graves Brothers with his brother Taylor, worked in film and television composition, and through that work connected with Stanley Clarke, who alongside Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock encouraged the West Coast Get Down musicians to continue the jazz-rock fusion lineage of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report and Return to Forever. As a founding member of the WCGD, Graves played throughout Kamasi Washington's "The Epic" (Brainfeeder, 2015) and contributed to the sessions for Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp a Butterfly." Washington described his piano style as "an almost unbelievable combination of modal jazz, romantic era European classical music, and mathematical death metal." Graves calls it "thrash-jazz." His debut solo album "Planetary Prince" was released on Mack Avenue in 2017). "Seven" (Mack Avenue, 2019) extended the jazz-rock fusion direction with guest guitarists and Graves's first vocal performance. He remains active as a leader, WCGD member, film composer and producer.