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Kaveh Rastegar is a Persian-American record producer, composer, and bass guitarist. He is best known for his work with
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, Sia,
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, and Sting and Kneebody. He has two
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nominations. For over twenty years, Kaveh Rastegar has been an integral part of a broad range of musical projects collaborating as a producer, songwriter, or a bass player. He is well known as the founding member of Grammy nominated group Kneebody and for many years. He's also been bassist with
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(appearing alongside him in the musical La La Land). He's recorded with artists such as
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(also appearing in his 2019 film "Western Stars"),
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,
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, and
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and in films such as ''Daddy's Home'', ''The Big Sick'' and ''Walk Hard''. He also served as musical director with Sia, appearing with her on ''
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''. As a songwriter he has written with artists such as
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,
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,
Ciara Ciara Princess Wilson ( ; Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. She was discovered by record producer Jazze Pha in the early 2000s, and rose to prominence with her debut studio album, ''Goodies ...
,
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Meshell Ndegeocello Meshell Ndegeocello ( ; born Michelle Lynn Johnson on August 29, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on some of her mid-career work. ...
and
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. Rastegar has written, produced and released his own albums as an artist including "Light of Love" (2018) and "Haunted This Way" (2019). In 2020, Rastegar played bass alongside Sting in his musical '' The Last Ship''. Rastegar co-wrote "Collide", a record by Tiana Major9 and
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for the iconic film “Queen and Slim”. “Collide”, an uplifting anthem celebrating Black Love was nominated for a Grammy in the category for “Best R&B Song”. Rastegar has worked with Sabrina Claudio on projects including “Truth Is”, “No Rain No Flowers”, “Christmas Blues” with features by The Weeknd and Alicia Keys, and "Based On A Feeling". Rastegar is currently collaborating with a number of upcoming and established artists from his studio.


Early life and education

Rastegar was born in Montreal and grew up in Denver, Colorado. He is an alumni of University of Rochester.


Personal life

He is married and has three children.


Discography

*1999 – Dispenza – ''Four Songs'' (EP) - Bass/Writer/Producer *2000 – Old Sol – ''EP'' - Bass *2002 – Wendel – ''Wendel'' - Bass/Writer *2002 – Dakah – ''Unfinished Symphony'' - Bass *2002 – Shane Endsley – ''2nd Guess'' - Bass/Writer/Producer *2002 – Michael Andrews – '' Cypher'' soundtrack - Bass *2002 – Michael Andrews – '' Orange County'' soundtrack - Bass *2002 – Baba Alade – ''Unified and One'' - Bass *2003 – Dakah – ''Live at California Plaza 07/05/03'' - Bass *2003 – Pan Dulce – ''Pan Dulce'' - Bass *2003 – Dj Haul e Mason – ''Cell: Eight'' - Bass *2003 –
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– ''Fantaseality'' - Bass *2003 – Kneebody – ''Live Fall 2003'' - Bass/Writer *2004 – Dakah – ''Live in Los Angeles 07/02/04'' - Bass *2004 – Dakah – ''Live in San Francisco 07/31/04'' - Bass *2004 – Thruster – ''Thruster!'' - Bass/Writer *2004 – Thruster – ''Live in Seattle 04/02/2004'' - Bass/Writer *2004 – Casey Black – ''Vacations'' - Bass *2004 – Click Boom – ''The Freak Went Suite'' - Bass *2004 – Keven Brennan – ''God Is a Mighty Gourd'' - Bass *2004 – Keaton Simons – ''Currently'' (EP) - Bass *2004 – Michael Andrews – '' Wonderfalls'' soundtrack - Bass *2005 – Kneebody – ''Kneebody'' - Bass/Writer *2005 – Dj Haul – ''Half Baked Goods'' - Bass *2005 – Branden Harper – ''Tangents'' - Bass *2005 – Keaton Simons – ''Exes and Whys'' - Bass *2005 – Celeste Prince – ''Lady Sings'' - Bass *2005 – Christopher Wong – '' Journey from the Fall'' soundtrack - Bass *2005 –
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& Nate Wood – ''
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'' soundtrack - Bass *2006 – Kneebody – ''Live Volume One'' - Bass *2006 – Michael Hernandez – ''Anonyme'' - Bass *2006 – John Stowers – ''Everything You Do'' - Bass *2006 – Anna Dagmar – ''EP'' - Bass *2006 – Rosey – ''The Old Fashioned Way'' - Bass *2006 –
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'' - Bass *2007 – Kneebody – ''Low Electrical Worker'' - Bass/Writer *2007 – Thruster – ''Green Heat'' - Bass/Writer *2007 – John Rogers – ''Satori'' - Bass *2007 –
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– ''A Jazz Life'' - Bass *2007 –
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– ''Are You Looking at Me?'' - Bass *2008 – Kneebody – ''Live Volume 2: Italy'' - Bass *2008 – Kneebody &
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– ''12 Songs by Charles Ives'' - Bass/Arranger *2008 – Chewy Puma – ''Macabre Cadabre'' - Bass/Vocals/Writer *2008 – Allensworth – ''Broken Leaves'' - Bass *2008 – Raya Yarbrough – ''Raya Yarbrough'' - Bass *2008 – The Ditty Bops – ''Summer Rains'' - Bass *2008 – Richard Stekol – ''The Point of Stars'' - Bass *2009 – Erica Mou – ''Bacio Ancora Le Ferite'' - Bass *2009 – Anna Dagmar – ''Let the Waves Come in Threes'' - Bass *2009 –
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– ''American Sunshine'' - Bass *2009 –
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– ''Fish Outta Water'' - Bass *2009 – John Gold – ''A Flower in Your Head'' - Bass *2009 – Tony Monroe – ''Tony Monroe – EP'' - Bass *2009 – Jesca Hoop – '' Hunting My Dress'' - Bass *2009 –
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– ''Sette notti in Arena'' - Bass *2010 –
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– ''It's Better if You Don't Understand'' EP - Bass/Writer *2010 –
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– ''Doo Wops and Hooligans'' - Bass/Writer *2010 – Kneebody – ''You Can Have Your Moment'' - Bass/Writer *2010 –
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– ''The Ladykiller'' - Bass *2010 – Luciano Ligabue – '' Arrivederci, mostro!'' - Bass *2010 – Luciano Ligabue – ''Arrivederci, mostro! Tutte le facce del mostro'' - Bass *2011 –
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– ''Il Mio Universo'' - Bass *2011 –
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– ''Gathering Mercury'' - Bass *2011 –
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– ''Kelly'' - Bass *2011 – Michelle Shaprow – ''Purple Skies'' - Bass *2011 – Timothy Young – ''Gravitational Lensing'' - Bass/Writer/Producer *2011 – Anthony Hamilton – ''Back to Love'' - Bass *2011 –
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– ''Inedito'' - Bass *2011 –
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– ''Campovolo 2.011'' - Bass *2011 – Kneebody – ''Live Volume 3: Paris'' - Bass *2011 – Noemi – '' RossoNoemi'' - Bass *2012 –
Kimbra Kimbra Lee Johnson (born 27 March 1990), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Kimbra, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. Known for mixing pop with R&B, jazz and rock musical elements, her accolades include four ARIA Music Awards, two 2 ...
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'' - Bass *2012 – Thinking Plague – ''Decline and Fall'' - Bass *2012 – Sophie B. Hawkins – ''The Crossing'' - Bass *2012 –
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– ''Company 23'' - Bass *2012 –
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– ''Let's Go Out Tonight'' - Bass *2012 – Michael Lington – ''Pure'' - Bass *2013 – Nick Mancini – ''Storyteller'' - Bass *2013 – Cristiano De Andre – ''Come in Cielo Cosi in Guerra'' - Bass *2013 – Che Prasad – ''Shiva Me Timbers'' - Bass *2013 – Kelly Segal and Adam Levy – ''Little March'' - Bass *2013 – Kneebody – ''The Line'' - Bass/Writer *2013 – Matt Hires – ''The World Won't Last Forever, But Tonight We Can Pretend'' - Bass *2013 – Latryx – ''The Second Album'' - Bass/Guitar/Writer/Producer *2013 – Ligabue – ''Mondovisione'' - Bass *2014 – Meshell Ndegeocello – ''Comet Come to Me'' - Bass/Writer *2014 –
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– ''
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'' - Bass/Writer *2014 –
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– ''Songreader'' - Bass *2014 –
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– ''Bad Poetry'' - Bass *2014 –
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– ''Ask Me To Dance'' - Bass *2015 –
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"Marvin Gaye" single - Bass *2015 –
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Ft. Fitz – "That's What I Like" single - Bass *2015 – Mikie Lee Prasad – ''Nowhere Special'' - Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Writer/Producer *2015 –
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– ''Heart Blanche'' - Bass/Writer *2015 – Kneebody + Daedelus – ''Kneedelus'' - Bass *2015 –
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– ''Under The Stars'' - Bass *2016 – Benji Hughes – ''Songs in the Key of Animals'' - Bass *2016 –
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– ''And the Anonymous Nobody'' - Bass/Writer/Producer *2017 – Bob Reynolds – ''Guitar Band'' - Bass *2017 –
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– ''Now'' - Bass *2017 – Kneebody – ''Anti-Hero'' - Bass/Guitar/Writer *2017 – ''
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'' soundtrack - Bass *2017 –
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– ''Let Love Rule'' - Bass *2018 – Kaveh Rastegar – ''Light of Love''- Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Vocals/Writer/Producer *2018 –
Meshell Ndegeocello Meshell Ndegeocello ( ; born Michelle Lynn Johnson on August 29, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on some of her mid-career work. ...
– ''Ventriloquism'' - Bass *2018 –
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– "All to Me" single - Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Writer/Producer *2018 –
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– ''No Rain No Flowers''- Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Writer/Producer *2018 –
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– ''Je Reviens a Toi'' - Bass *2018 – Mel Parsons – '' Glass Heart''- Bass *2018 – Elizabeth Goodfellow – ''Silly Sun''- Bass *2018 – Simone White – ''Tiny Drop'' - Bass *2018 –
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– ''Nyla'' - Bass/Writer *2018 – Kneebody +
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– "How High" single - Bass/Guitar/Writer/Producer *2018 –
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– "Reason For The Season" single - Bass *2019 –
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– "What's My Name" - Bass *2019 –
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– "Western Stars – Songs From The Film" - Bass *2019 –
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– "Truth Is" - Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Writer/Producer *2019 – Cinematic Orchestra – "To Believe" - Bass *2019 –
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– "The Last Word" - Bass *2019 – Kneebody – "By Fire" EP - Bass/Writer *2019 – Rebecca Pigeon – "Sudden Exposure to Therapy/Light" - Bass *2019 – Queen and Slim – "Motion Picture Soundtrack" - Bass/Writer *2019 – Tiana Major9 &
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"Collide"- single - Bass/Writer *2019 – Dawn Richard – "New Breed" Bass/Guitar/Writer/Producer *2019 – Kneebody – "Chapters" - Bass/Writer *2019 –
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– "Beauty Marks" - Bass/Writer *2019 –
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'' - Bass *2019 – Kaveh Rastegar – "Haunted This Way" - Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Vocals/Writer/Producer *2020 –
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– "Sunday Afternoon" - Bass *2020 – Becca Stevens – "Wonderbloom" - Bass/Writer *2020 – Adam Levy, Tamir Barzilay, Kaveh Rastegar – "California Special" - Bass *2020 – Tiana Major9 - "Think About You" single - Bass/Writer *2020 -
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- "American" single - Bass *2020 - Kai - "Fade Away" single - Bass/Guitar/Writer *2020 -
Sabrina Claudio Sabrina Claudio (born September 19, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter. In late 2016, Claudio uploaded several songs to SoundCloud, before compiling a select collection as part of her debut extended play, ''Confidently Lost'', which was ...
- "Christmas Blues" - Producer/Writer *2021 -
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- "The Moon And Stars" - Bass *2021 -
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- "Zoom In" EP - Bass *2021 - Manolo Ramos - "Amor y Punto" - Writer *2021 -
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- "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" - Bass *2021 -
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- "Ch.1 Vs.1" - Bass/Guitar/Writer/Producer *2022 -
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- "Richer Than Ever' - Writer *2022 - Gavin Haley - "Body Language' Single - Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Writer/Producer *2022 - Gavin Haley - "I Hate You Don't Leave Me" - Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Writer/Producer *2022 - Gaby Moreno - "Alegoria" Writer *2022 -
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- "Through The Night" Target Exclusive Single - Writer *2022 -
Sabrina Claudio Sabrina Claudio (born September 19, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter. In late 2016, Claudio uploaded several songs to SoundCloud, before compiling a select collection as part of her debut extended play, ''Confidently Lost'', which was ...
- "Based On A Feeling" - Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Writer/Producer *2022 - Jex Nwalor - "Come Back" Single - Bass/Writer/Producer *2022 -
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- "45 Jukebox" Single - Bass *2022 -
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- "Boston Accent" - Bass *2022 - Toni Romiti - "The Old Me" Single - Bass/Guitar/Writer/Producer *2022 - Rini - "Haunt Me" Single - Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Writer/Producer *2023 - Nabate Isles - "En Motion" - Bass *2023 -
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- "Archives And Lullabies" - Bass/Guitar/Writer/Producer *2023 - Larry Goldings, Kaveh Rastegar, Abe Rounds - "Better" - Bass/Guitar/Writer/Producer *2023 - Dorian Holley, Nayanna Holley - "I Can't Find My Way Home" Single - Bass/Producer *2023 - Rosemarie - "Rock, Paper, Scissors" EP - - Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Writer/Producer *2023 -
Keturah Keturah (, ''Qəṭūrā'', possibly meaning "incense"; ) was a wife (1917 Jewish Publication Society of America translation). "And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah...." and a concubine (1917 Jewish Publication Society of A ...
- "Kwanumkwanu" Single - Bass *2023 -
Keturah Keturah (, ''Qəṭūrā'', possibly meaning "incense"; ) was a wife (1917 Jewish Publication Society of America translation). "And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah...." and a concubine (1917 Jewish Publication Society of A ...
- "All The Way From Africa" - Bass/Writer *2023 - Rum Gold - "Forget Me" Single - Writer *2023 -
Njomza Njomza Vitia (; ; born 22 April 1994), known professionally as Njomza, is an American singer and songwriter. She is currently signed with Capitol, Motown, and SinceThe80s. Since 2013, she has released one mixtape and three EPs. Early life N ...
- "Stages" - Bass/Guitar/Producer/Writer *2023 - Percy Howard - "The Stars & The Well" - Bass *2023 -
Sabrina Claudio Sabrina Claudio (born September 19, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter. In late 2016, Claudio uploaded several songs to SoundCloud, before compiling a select collection as part of her debut extended play, ''Confidently Lost'', which was ...
- "Modo Avíon" Single - Bass/Guitar/Keyboards/Writer/Producer *2023 -
Chris Pierce Chris Pierce is an American singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, radio host, educator, public speaker, wine producer and officiant born and based in California. Early life Pierce is from Pasadena, California. He grew up singing i ...
- "Home" Single - Bass/Writer *2023 -
Travis Scott Jacques Bermon Webster III (born April 30, 1991), known professionally as Travis Scott (formerly stylized as Travi$ Scott), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Scott has had five number-one hits on the U.S. ''Bil ...
- "Utopia" - Bass *2023 - Téo - "Luna" - Bass/Writer *2023 -
Chris Pierce Chris Pierce is an American singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, radio host, educator, public speaker, wine producer and officiant born and based in California. Early life Pierce is from Pasadena, California. He grew up singing i ...
- "Let All Who Will" - Bass/Writer *2023 - Nabate Isles - "En Motion" - Bass *2023 - Dorian Holley and Nayanna Holley - "DNA" - Producer, Arranger, Bass, additional guitar *2024 - Jose James - "Saturday Night (Need You Now)" Single - co Producer/co Writer *2024 - Nikka Costa - "Keep It High" Single - Bass/Guitars/co Producer/co Writer *2024 - Sonny Singh - "Pavan Guru" Single - Bass/Guitars/Keyboards/Harmonium/Producer/co Writer *2024 - Fana Hues - "Gone Again" - Bass/Guitars/Keyboards/Strings/Drum Programming/Producer/co Writer *2024 - Nikka Costa - "Dirty Disco" - Bass/Guitars/Keyboards/Strings/Drum Programming/co Producer/co Writer *2024 - Rini - "Your Ecstacy" - Bass/Guitars/Keyboards/Strings/Drum Programming/co Producer/co Writer *2024 -
John Legend John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He began his musical career working behind the scenes for other artists, playing piano on Lauryn Hill's " Every ...
- "My Favorite Dream" - Bass *2024 - Sonny Singh - "Sage Warrior" - Bass/Guitars/Keyboards/Strings/Drum Programming/Executive Producer/co Writer *2024 - Joan As Policewoman - "Lemons, Limes and Orchids" - co Writer *2024 - Elaine - "Going Nowhere Slowly" - Bass/Guitars/Keyboards/Strings/Drum Programming/co Producer/co Writer *2024 - Jake and Abe - "Finally" - Bass *2024 - Sam Barsh Trio - "Old Tools New Rules" - Bass *2025 -
Valerie June Valerie June Hockett (born January 10, 1982),Hubbell, John (2009),, ''The Commercial Appeal'', May 28, 2009.(aged 27 in May 2009). is an American singer, songwriter, Grammy-nominated, multi-instrumentalist, and author.Barnett, Laura (2012),One to ...
- "Joy, Joy" Single - Bass *2025 - Wafia - "Promised Land" - Bass/Guitars/Keyboards/Strings/Drum Programming/co Producer/co Writer *2025 - You're Cordially Invited - "Soundtrack" - Bass *2025 - Tatiana Marie Clark - "Just One of Those Days" single - Bass/Guitars/Keyboards/Strings/Drum Programming/co Producer/co Writer


References


External links


Official website

Blogging about Luciano Ligabue

Kaveh Rastegar's AllMusic Page
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