Dennis Rea (born 7 July, 1957) is an American guitarist, writer, and music event organizer currently living in Seattle. Rea first came to prominence as a member of the electronic music group Earthstar in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He is probably best known in the West as a musician for his work with Jeff Greinke in Land. Rea's first solo album, Shadow In Dreams (1990), is notable as one of the first releases in mainland China by a western musician on the state record label.

PropertyValue
dbpedia-owl:Artist/genre
dbpedia-owl:Artist/instrument
dbpedia-owl:Artist/label
dbpedia-owl:MusicalArtist/associatedBand
dbpedia-owl:MusicalArtist/associatedMusicalArtist
dbpedia-owl:MusicalArtist/background
  • solo_singer
dbpedia-owl:Person/activeYearsEndDate
  • 1977-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:Person/activeYearsStartDate
  • 1977-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:Person/birthDate
  • 1957-07-07 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:Person/homeTown
dbpedia-owl:Person/occupation
dbpedia-owl:activeYearsEndDate
  • 1977-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:activeYearsStartDate
  • 1977-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:associatedBand
dbpedia-owl:associatedMusicalArtist
dbpedia-owl:background
  • solo_singer
dbpedia-owl:birthDate
  • 1957-07-07 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:genre
dbpedia-owl:homeTown
dbpedia-owl:instrument
dbpedia-owl:label
dbpedia-owl:occupation
dbpedia-owl:thumbnail
dbpprop:abstract
  • Dennis Rea (born 7 July, 1957) is an American guitarist, writer, and music event organizer currently living in Seattle. Rea first came to prominence as a member of the electronic music group Earthstar in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He is probably best known in the West as a musician for his work with Jeff Greinke in Land. Rea's first solo album, Shadow In Dreams (1990), is notable as one of the first releases in mainland China by a western musician on the state record label. He currently leads the quintet Moraine and is working on his second solo release. Rea has collaborated with Hector Zazou, Trey Gunn, and current REM and former Ministry drummer Bill Rieflin. Rea's music ranges from jazz to adventurous rock to world music to electronic music. He has performed on three continents at events including the WOMAD Festival, Beijing International Jazz Festival, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, and the Earshot Jazz Festival. He also served as the co-director of the annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival for over a decade. Rea has also been active as a professional writer and editor for more than 20 years. His book Live at the Forbidden City was published in 2006 and details his experiences as a musician and teacher of English in China and Taiwan between 1989 and 1993 and on subsequent visits. The book documents the changes in Chinese society since 1989.
dbpprop:associatedActs
dbpprop:background
  • solo_singer
dbpprop:born
dbpprop:genre
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:img
  • Dennis_Rea.jpg
dbpprop:imgCapt
  • Dennis Rea (photo: Anne Joiner)
dbpprop:instrument
dbpprop:label
  • Moontower Records, Sky Records, China Record Company, Soundtrack Boulevard Music, First World Music, Infrasound, HipSync, Prudence, Periplum, Extreme, Linden, Palace of Lights, Noise Asia, Materiali Sonori
dbpprop:name
  • Dennis Rea
dbpprop:occupation
  • Musician, writer, editor, event/concert organizer
dbpprop:origin
dbpprop:reference
dbpprop:url
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbpprop:wordnet_type
dbpprop:yearsActive
  • 1977–present
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • Dennis Rea (born 7 July, 1957) is an American guitarist, writer, and music event organizer currently living in Seattle. Rea first came to prominence as a member of the electronic music group Earthstar in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He is probably best known in the West as a musician for his work with Jeff Greinke in Land. Rea's first solo album, Shadow In Dreams (1990), is notable as one of the first releases in mainland China by a western musician on the state record label.
rdfs:label
  • Dennis Rea
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:depiction
foaf:name
  • Dennis Rea
foaf:page
is dbpedia-owl:Album/producer of
is dbpedia-owl:MusicalArtist/associatedBand of
is dbpedia-owl:MusicalArtist/associatedMusicalArtist of
is dbpedia-owl:MusicalWork/artist of
is dbpedia-owl:artist of
is dbpedia-owl:associatedBand of
is dbpedia-owl:associatedMusicalArtist of
is dbpedia-owl:producer of
is dbpprop:artist of
is dbpprop:associatedActs of
is dbpprop:producer of
is owl:sameAs of