Live from the Seven Spheres

Artist: Cameron Graves

Title: Live from the Seven Spheres

Release Date: April 8, 2022

Format(s): Digital Audio only (High-res 48/24)

Genre(s): Jazz / Fusion / Thrash Jazz / Live Concert

Project Description: With 2017’s Planetary Prince and 2021’s Seven, pianist/composer Cameron Graves established himself as a visionary creative force emerging from the Los Angeles genre-defying collective The West Coast Get Down (which he co-founded). With Live from the Seven Spheres, Graves — a.k.a. The Planetary Prince — expands on the otherworldly inspirations from both of his studio albums to present an interplanetary live concert featuring guitarist Colin Cook, bassist Max Gerl and drummer Mike Mitchell.

4-1/2 STARS! — DownBeat

“…the music was a bombastic kind of post-Chick Corea fusion, with two-fisted, hooky melodies providing a launch pad for epic solos.” — DownBeat

“It was like a cross between the fusion of Return to Forever and the intricate progressive metal of Meshuggah.” — DownBeat

“...fast, precise melodies that exploded into high energy, rock-ish solos as well as suite-like compositions.” — PopMatters

 "Graves has played in Stanley Clarke’s band, so it makes sense that his sensibility is strongly derivative of Return to Forever: loud, baroque, dazzling.” — PopMatters

“This is music meant to be played at wall-rattling volume.” — DownBeat