Trevor Charles Rabin (/ˈreɪbɪn/; born (1954-01-13)13 January 1954)
is a South African musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and film
composer. Born into a musical family and raised in Johannesburg, Rabin
took up the piano and guitar at an early age and became a session
musician, playing and producing with a variety of artists. In 1972, he
joined the rock band Rabbitt who enjoyed considerable success in South
Africa, and released his first solo album, Beginnings. In 1978, Rabin
moved to London to further his career, working as a solo artist and a
producer for various artists including Manfred Mann's Earth Band.After
moving to Los Angeles in 1981, Rabin gained prominence as the
guitarist in the progressive rock band Yes from 1983 to 1995. 90125
(1983), his first album with the group and developed mostly from
Rabin's demos, remains their biggest selling album helped by the US
number one single "Owner of a Lonely Heart". After Big Generator
(1987) and Union (1991), Rabin produced Talk (1994) and left the group
after its tour. During his time in Yes, Rabin acquired American
citizenship.Rabin became a prolific film composer and has since scored
over 40 feature films, most notably his frequent collaborations with
producer Jerry Bruckheimer. He has won numerous awards, including 11
BMI Awards. He took a short break from scoring to record his fifth
solo album, Jacaranda (2012), and in 2016 to tour and record with Yes
Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman. In 2017, Rabin was
inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.Rabin
was born on 13 January 1954 in Johannesburg, South Africa, into a
family of musicians. His mother, Joy, was a painter, ballet dancer,
actress, and classical pianist, and his father, Godfrey, was a lawyer,
musician, conductor, and the lead violinist in the Johannesburg
Philharmonic Orchestra. The two met during their service in the South
African army entertainment division. His paternal great grandfather
was a Lithuanian Jew who was a cantor and his grandfather, Gershon
Rabinowitz, was a kosher butcher who arrived in South Africa in the
late nineteenth century. His uncle Morrie Rabin was a piano teacher.
Rabin's brother Derek is three years his elder. Rabin described his
family as "extremely anti-apartheid". Rabin's mother converted to
Judaism, and the family observed Jewish holidays and celebrations.
Lawyer and judge Sydney Kentridge and journalist and activist Donald
Woods are his cousins. Trevor Rabin Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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