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'''Henry Kaiser''' (b. September 19, 1952) is an American rock composer, musicologist, guitarist and record producer.

Kaiser plays highly eccentric music, a mixture between blues, free jazz, 20th-century classical music and world music, some of which is completely improvised. He has collaborated with [[Fred Frith]], [[Eugene Chadbourne]], Diamanda Galas, [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Zoogz Rift]], Terry Riley, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Richard Thompson, [[John Zorn]], Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) and [[John French]]. Kaiser and [[Mike Keneally]] played in a band named The Mistakes. Kaiser also produced [[John French]]'s CD ''O Solo Drumbo''. Some of Kaiser's music has been used in films by Werner Herzog.

The cover of Kaiser's album, ''Crazy Backwards Alphabet'' (1989) was illustrated by [[Matt Groening]].

==Zappa and Henry Kaiser==

Henry Kaiser has cited [[Captain Beefheart]] and Frank Zappa as two of his prime influences. <ref>https://www.beefheart.com/henry-kaiser-elliot-ingber-the-guitar-solo-that-changed-my-life/</ref> In the 1980s, he, [[Jean-Luc Ponty]] and Zappa were among the earliest users of the [[Synclavier]]. Interviewed by Dan Forte for Guitar Player Magazine (1986), Kaiser said: ''"I recently stopped by Zappa’s house, and he’s doing the most exciting and innovative work that I know of with the Synclavier."'' <ref>https://gr300.com/sndpage.htm</ref>

Interviewed by [[Den Simms]] and [[Rob Samler]] for [[Society Pages (The Magazine)]], issue #7, September 1991, Frank Zappa said that he had talked with [[Conlon Nancarrow]] on the phone. When Simms asked Zappa whether he would be able to introduce him to the [[Synclavier]], Zappa replied: ''"Well, I know somebody else has. Yeah, I heard a rumor that Henry Kaiser had given him a whiff of it."'' <ref>https://www.afka.net/Articles/1991-09_Society_Pages.htm</ref>

In 2009, Henry Kaiser covered Zappa's ''[[Outside Now]]''. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdR9_hziOC0&t=2s</ref>

On 17 December 2020, Kaiser (guitar), Jimmy Ågren (guitar, bass, harmonica), [[Morgan Ågren]] (drums), Scott Colby (slide guitar, [[Mike Keneally]] (drums) and Michael Maksymenko (vocals) released a jam on their Youtube page, covering Zappa's ''[[Trouble Every Day]]''. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdR9_hziOC0&t=2s</ref>

==Sources==
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==External links==
* [[wikipedia:Henry Kaiser (musician)|Wikipedia article]]
* [https://www.united-mutations.com/k/henry_kaiser.htm United Mutations page.]

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