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Robert Wyatt
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English recording artist; musician, songwriter, singer (1945-)
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Robert Wyatt, born Robert Wyatt Ellidge in 1945, is a British drummer, singer, composer, and recording artist. A member of the band Soft Machine, his work is associated with the Canterbury scene, progressive rock, and experimental genres. He has released music through Virgin Records and Domino Recording Company. Wyatt’s instrumental repertoire includes the drum kit, trumpet, and voice.
He began his professional work period in 1963 and continued until 2014. Wyatt resides in Bristol, England, and is married to Alfreda Benge. He is the sibling of Julian Glover. His artistic output includes works held in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Wyatt is a male who speaks English and has been diagnosed with paraplegia.
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Bristol, England, UK
Robert Wyatt is a retired English musician. A founding member of the influential Canterbury scene bands Soft Machine and Matching Mole, he was initially a kit drummer and singer before becoming paraplegic following an accidental fall from a window in 1973, which led him to abandon band work, explore other instruments, and begin a forty-year solo career.
Known for
- Buddy Holly: Rave On — Self2017
- Popular Voices at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2017
- …Sings Neil Diamond — Self (archive footage)2010
- The Raincoats, Fairytales – A Work in Progress — Self2009
- Prog Rock Britannia — Self2009
- Do It Yourself: The Story of Rough Trade — Self2009
- Sunny's Time Now — Self2008
- David Gilmour - Breaking Bread, Drinking Wine — Self2007
- David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live at the Royal Albert Hall — Self - Trumpet2007
- Gong: Montserrat 1973 and Other Stories2006
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Robert Wyatt, born Robert Ellidge, in Bristol, UK on 28 January 1945, is an English musician, and a former member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine. As a teenager, he lived with his parents in a fourteen-room Georgian guest-house, Wellington House, in Lydden near Canterbury. Here he was taught the drums by visiting American jazz drummer George Niedorf. In 1962, Wyatt and Niedorf moved to Majorca where they stayed with the poet Robert Graves. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Official website
Different Every Time | The (almost) authorised Robert Wyatt Website
Starting out as a drummer for Soft Machine, sharing bills with Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix, Robert Wyatt blended Bohemian and jazz and brought it to the 60s rock scene. Focusing on singing and songwriting, he embarked on a unique solo career, which earned him a loyal European following. Admired by his peers and with a career spanning five decades, he has collaborated with Bjork, John Cage, Brian Eno, Scritti Politti, David Gilmour and Hot Chip and endless other artists.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Wyatt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bristol
- Spouse
- Alfreda Benge
- Sibling
- Julian Glover
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Record label
- Domino Recording Company
- Official website
- www.strongcomet.com/wyatt
- Image
- Robert Wyatt 1967.jpg
- Residence
- Bristol
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- date of birth
- 1945-01-28
- Commons category
- Robert Wyatt
- medical condition
- paraplegia
- influenced by
- Canterbury scene
- birth name
- Robert Wyatt Ellidge
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- member of
- Soft Machine
- P12674
- Violaceae
- end of work period
- 2014-00-00
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