Henry Kaiser | |
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Background information | |
Born | Oakland, California, U.S. | September 19, 1952
Origin | San Francisco Bay Area |
Genres | Free improvisation, jazz, rock, electronic |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, photographer, research diver |
Instrument | Guitar |
Years active | 1970s–present |
Labels | Metalanguage, Tzadik, SST, Rhino, Windham Hill, Shanachie, Cuneiform |
Website | www |
Henry Kaiser (born September 19, 1952[1]) is an American guitarist and composer, known as an idiosyncratic soloist, a sideman, an ethnomusicologist, and a film score composer. Recording and performing prolifically in many styles of music, Kaiser is a fixture on the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. He is considered a member of the "second generation" of American free improvisers.[2] He is married to Canadian artist Brandy Gale. He is the son of Henry J. Kaiser Jr. and the grandson of industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.[3]