Clifford Cameron is a Maine-based pianist and composer with a particular fondness for improvised music.

He obtained his Bachelors in Composition and Jazz Performance from The New School and the Mannes School in NYC.  Since moving to Maine in 2019, Clifford has worked full time as a performing pianist, arranger, and producer in a myriad of projects. He currently leads two prominent collectives Rot on the Vine,  a NY and Maine-based rock and chamber group playing original music focused on community, mutual aid and anti-capitalism, and the Vinyl Quartet, a Portland-based group performing deep, improvised covers of music from the 60's and 70's. 

Clifford has had the opportunity to study composition and improvisation with Aaron Parks, Gilad Hekselman, Kirk Nurock, Reggie Workman, Peter Bernstein, Jane Ira Bloom, Hal Galper, Robert Sadin, Sam Yahel, and Benita Meshulam.

His compositions have premiered at various venues throughout New York and abroad from Bruno Walter Hall at Lincoln Center to the International Jazz Festival in Bern Switzerland, Croatia, and Rio de Janeiro. 


Keep up-to-date with Cliff's projects and upcoming events by following @cliffordcameronmusic on facebook, instagram and youtube.