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Rhys Chatham (b. New York City) is an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and trumpet player. He currently lives in France. In the early 1970s Chatham was the first music director of The Kitchen in New York. His early compositions owed a significant debt to La Monte Young and other minimalists. His concert productions included experimenters Maryanne Amacher, Robert Ashley, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, and early alternative-rockers such as Brian Eno, Robert
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rhys
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- trumpeter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- La Monte Young
- Genre
- experimental rock
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Ninja Tune
- Official website
- www.rhyschatham.net
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- Rhys with trpt17xii08a.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1952-09-19
- Commons category
- Rhys Chatham
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- UbuWeb
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
- social media followers
- 1749
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