Person · Male
Henry Kaiser
- From
- Oakland, United States
- Since
- 1952–present
- Releases
- 75
- free improvisation
- jazz
- art rock
- avant-garde jazz
- experimental rock
- jazz fusion
- jazz rock
About
Henry Kaiser (born September 19, 1952) 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 in the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. He is considered a member of the "second generation" of American free improvisers. 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.
Member of
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Monster Island guitar
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French Frith Kaiser Thompson eponymous
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The Code clarinet
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Mad World Music guitar
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Bobby and The Valentines guitar
Discography
Albums
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Protocol
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Outside Pleasure
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Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music 1980, Volume 2: The Science Set
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Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music 1980, Volume 1: The Social Set
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Aloha
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Who Needs Enemies?
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Invite The Spirit
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It's a Wonderful Life
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Marrying for Money
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Devil in the Drain Apple Music
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With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends?
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Alternative Versions
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Those Who Know History Are Doomed to Repeat It Apple Music
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Popular Science
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Tomorrow Knows Where You Live
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Hope You Like Our New Direction
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A World out of Time: Henry Kaiser & David Lindley in Madagascar
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A World out of Time, Vol. 2: Henry Kaiser & David Lindley in Madagascar
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Wireforks
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The Five Heavenly Truths
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Acoustics
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The Sweet Sunny North
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Eternity Blue Apple Music
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The Sweet Sunny North, Volume 2
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Giorni felici
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Yo, Miles!
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Passwords
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Guitar Lesson
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Friends & Enemies
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Through
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Guitar Party
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Sky Garden
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Yo Miles! Sky Garden
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Upriver
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Invite The Spirit 2006
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Sextessense: A Tribute to John Stevens and the SME
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Healing Force: The Songs of Albert Ayler
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Night Sky Day Dream
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Where Endless Meets Disappearing
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YO MILES! Lightning
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YO MILES! Shinjuku
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Ninja Star Danger Rock
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Jazz Free
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The Starbreak Splatterlight
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Requia and Other Improvisations for Guitar Solo Apple Music
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Encounters at the End of the World
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Plane Crash Two
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Plane Crash 2
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The Celestial Squid
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Igneity: After the Fall of Civilization
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Together Apart
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Mudang Rock 巫堂樂
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En Las Montañas de Excesos
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Wind Crystals: Guitar Duets By Wadada Leo Smith
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More Requia
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Unexpected Twins
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In the Arctic Dreamtime
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Be Here Whenever
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At One Time
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Pacifica Koral Reef
Singles
Other
Links
Official
Concerts
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 3b4ce4be-55a1-44bb-abdc-bcc504f30ca1
- ISNI
- 0000000115766998
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.