Henry Kaiser

American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver

Person Human Q1523538

Facts

15 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[14]
Date of birth: September 19, 1952
Place of birth: Oakland
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: guitarist, jazz musician, film editor, jazz guitarist, composer, recording artist, scientific diver, manufacturer, cinematographer, musician^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Genre: free improvisation, funk^[15]^[16]
Official website: www.henrykaiser.net^[22]
Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film^[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[25]
Discography: Henry Kaiser discography^[19]
Family name: Kaiser^[20]
Given name: Henry^[21]
Instrument: guitar^[23]
Record label: Metalanguage Records, Drag City^[17]^[18]

🏷️ Also known as

en Henry Kaiser ar هنري كايزر ja ヘンリー・カイザー ru Генри Кайзер zh 亨利·凱蕯

🔖 Identifiers · 58

ISNI: 0000000115766998
VIAF cluster ID: 85608201
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n81026357
GND ID: 134632079
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Henry Kaiser.jpg ↗
Academy Awards Database nominee ID: 5803
All About Jazz musician ID: 8244
AllMovie person ID: p36668, p447523
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000673577
AlloCiné person ID: 193456
BAnQ authority ID: 0000323818
BIBSYS ID: 1031659

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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13925823m
CONOR.SI ID: 222113891
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10116763
DBC author ID: 87097991165910
Deezer artist ID: 127785
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134632079
Discogs artist ID: 180275
Europeana entity: agent/base/69076
FAST ID: 1447751
Filmportal ID: 13640147a9664ecabf3986f6bb1d1a57
Freebase ID: /m/01jj6fz
GeneaStar person ID: kaiserh
Grammy Awards artist ID: henry-kaiser/16918
Grove Music Online ID: A2275928
HAND ID: FC3A-B328-0A8F-E78E-153C
IMDb ID: nm1793471
IdRef ID: 271285699
J9U entity ID: 987007404800905171
Jaxsta profile ID: 2605cc5e-0d78-4d91-ad9c-e6e89a78dceb
Kinobox person ID: 625578
Kinopoisk person ID: 1131447
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID: 17000
MusicBrainz artist ID: 3b4ce4be-55a1-44bb-abdc-bcc504f30ca1
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 380252
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000261711
NL CR AUT ID: xx0048538
NUKAT ID: n2014005491
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX4932782
Obálky knih ID: xx0048538
PORT person ID: 270904
Pitchfork artist ID: henry-kaiser
RERO ID (legacy): A020333568
Rate Your Music artist ID: henry_kaiser
SBN author ID: MODV348381
SNAC ARK ID: w6vv7tmv
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 10634
Songkick artist ID: 548652
Spotify artist ID: 3JgykWJiK9U8B4gfoWdDMb
TMDB person ID: 55740
Tabakalera ID: 119108
Tidal artist ID: 3589547
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10568909
WikiTree person ID: Kaiser-595
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJy4h44PjWVcFq3fJdm68C
Yale LUX ID: person/641f4a4b-2cf1-4ce7-9c6a-5a49b5c4b68d
ČSFD person ID: 368208

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 6

composer, guitarist, film editor, jazz musician, recording artist, scientific diver

Mb:performer of 4

Night Sky Day Dream, Pacifica Koral Reef, Friends & Enemies (album), Who Needs Enemies?

Genre 2

funk, free improvisation

Compositions 1

Encounters at the End of the World

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Family name 1

Kaiser

Given name 1

Henry

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

guitar

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Mb:member of band 1

French Frith Kaiser Thompson

Nominated for 1

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film

Place of birth 1

Oakland

Record label 1

Drag City

Sex or gender 1

male

← Cast member 1

To Be or Not to Be

← Performer 1

Up from the Skies

← Producer 1

Encounters at the End of the World

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Summary

Henry Kaiser was born on September 19, 1952^[1], in Oakland^[2]. He has worked as a guitarist^[3], jazz musician^[4], film editor^[5], jazz guitarist^[6], and composer^[7].

FAQs

Where was Henry Kaiser born?

Henry Kaiser was born in Oakland^[2].

What did Henry Kaiser do for work?

Henry Kaiser worked as a guitarist^[3], jazz musician^[4], film editor^[5], jazz guitarist^[6], and composer^[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Henry Kaiser — place of birth (P19): Oakland. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Henry Kaiser — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Henry Kaiser — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Henry Kaiser — occupation (P106): guitarist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Henry Kaiser — occupation (P106): jazz musician. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Henry Kaiser — occupation (P106): film editor. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Henry Kaiser — occupation (P106): jazz guitarist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Henry Kaiser — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Henry Kaiser — occupation (P106): recording artist. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Henry Kaiser — occupation (P106): scientific diver. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Henry Kaiser — occupation (P106): manufacturer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Henry Kaiser — occupation (P106): cinematographer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Henry Kaiser — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Henry Kaiser — genre (P136): free improvisation. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Henry Kaiser — genre (P136): funk. Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved 2020-09-28. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Henry Kaiser — record label (P264): Metalanguage Records. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Henry Kaiser — record label (P264): Drag City. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Henry Kaiser — discography (P358): Henry Kaiser discography. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Henry Kaiser — date of birth (P569): September 19, 1952. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-07. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Henry Kaiser — family name (P734): Kaiser. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Henry Kaiser — given name (P735): Henry. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-14. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Henry Kaiser — official website (P856): http://www.henrykaiser.net. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Henry Kaiser — instrument (P1303): guitar. Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved 2020-09-28. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Henry Kaiser — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Henry Kaiser — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. CONOR.SI. Retrieved 2025-06-02. wikidata.org.

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5h ago · Bargioni · 2026-11-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #67210: add P1810 to P396"
6d ago · Bargioni · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SBN author ID → MODV348381

"Created claim: SBN author ID: MODV348381, Matched to Henry Kaiser (#330210266) in SBN persons with…"
10d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 127785

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
10d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 3589547

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sex or gender → male

Given name → Henry

Discography → Henry Kaiser discography

Languages spoken, written or signed → English

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