The Eon Burchman Trio is:

Eon Burchman: Guitar
John Graves: Acoustic Bass
Robert Keding: Drums/Percussion

John Graves - Acoustic Bass

Bassist John Graves began his musical development singing in a local children's choir. He started piano at 8, switching to electric bass at age 13 and took up double bass at 17.

A composition major and student of Boulanger pupil Joel Feigin, John received his bachelor of music from UCSB, where he studied classical bass with Nico Abondolo. He then went on to study North Indian classical music at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music for a summer.

Upon graduating, John moved back to his native Los Angeles where he delved more deeply into jazz improvisation with Harold Land, Billy Higgins, Roberto Miranda and Kenny Burrell through the UCLA extension program. Since leaving academia John has worked as a composer, bassist and producer in such diverse areas as pop, Arabic, gospel, hip-hop, Western swing, film music and reggae. John has composed for Discovery Channel documentaries, student films and reality TV. He currently performs with Tyler Azelton, Mesto, Ian Hatwick, Svara and in solo jazz bass recitals. He is writing a book of studies incorporating his unique background in jazz harmony, Warne Marsh's improvisations and Indian rhythm.