Jaki Liebezeit

Liebezeit in December 2011

Jaki Liebezeit (May 26, 1938 – January 22, 2017)[1] was a German drummer. He was best known as a founding member of Can, who has been called "one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral".[2] He also played the piano and saxophone. He was born in Dresden, Germany.[3]

Liebezeit died on January 22, 2017 in Cologne, Germany from pneumonia, aged 78.[4]

References

  1. Jaki Liebezeit Discography (2015)Discogs.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  2. Jeff Norman's website (23 September 1999)Uwm.edu. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  3. Krämer, Ralf. Techno, im Prinzip ein flotterer Marsch: Jaki Liebezeit im Interview (10 December 2008)Spex – Magazin für Popkultur. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  4. Can Drummer Jaki Liebezeit Dead at 78 (22 January 2017)Pitchfork. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

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