Kaveh Rastegar
Kaveh plays bass and writes music too. In the years since graduating from the Eastman School of Music, he has enjoyed success playing music in the greater Los Angeles area. Kaveh is a member of the new music quintet Kneebody. Kneebody released their debut cd "Kneebody" on Trumpet player Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music label in 2005 and in 2007 have followed with "Low Electrical Worker" on the Colortone Media label. Kaveh is also a member of the Seattle based power trio THRUSTER! featuring Timothy Young and Matt Chamberlain. A founding member of 70 piece hip hop orchestra Dakah, Kaveh has also been heard playing with Chewy Puma, Small Medium and Large, The Ditty Bops, Colin Hay, Luciano Ligabue, Jesca Hoop, Nels Cline, Antibalas Afro Beat Orchestra, Joshua Radin, Melissa Ferrick, Arik Marshall, Keaton Simons, Greg Kurstin's Action Figure Party, The Calling, Dave Fiuczynski, Carla Bozulich and Wayne Horvitz.
He is also endorsed by Aguilar Amplification.
Kaveh currently lives in Highland Park, California with his lovely wife Angela.