Day of Love
Mel Graves has written over one hundred jazz compositions, and others for various projects over the past 30 years. His composition teachers were Loren Rush and Robert Erickson. Graves was a featured composer at Vi Rassegna, Di Nuova Musica in Macerata, Italy and New Music America. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Council for the Arts, and Meet the Composer. Commissions include three from the Kronos Quartet, two from Chamber Music Northwest, one from the Twin Pines Woodwind Quintet, four from Thomas Buckner, and one from Jazz In The City.
Some of his work can be found on the following recordings: Emotion in Motion with Steve Smith, Eric Crystal and Randy Vincent; Mirror Image with Randy Vincent, Bob Afifi and George Marsh; Spirit Changes with the Turtle Island String Quartet, Thomas Buckner, Smith Dobson, George Marsh, Bob Afifi and Jon Crosse; and His Tone of Voice with Thomas Buckner and Bob Afifi.
Mel Graves is a tenured full professor at Sonoma State University, located north of San Francisco, where he is director of the jazz studies program. He can be reached at sadams@dnai.com.
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