Jaki Liebezeit
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1938-05-26
- Active to
- 2017-01-22
ambient dubdubelectronicjazzkrautrockpost-punk
Discography
- How Much Are They?1981
- Full Circle1982
- Oblique sessions1997
- Givt2006
- The Obscure Department2013
- Flut2014
- Lullaby for Myself / Away With the Fairies2014
- Golden Arc2014
- Akşak2015
- I Still Have This Dream2016
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- 2,510
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germanpataphysics
Jaki Liebezeit (born 1939) is a drummer probably 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". In the mid-1960s, he was part of Manfred Schoof's quintet, who were early exponents of European free jazz. He subsequently moved towards the new possibilities being opened by psychedelic music as a member of Can. His drumming was prominent in the band's sound, particularly in his much-admired contribution to the
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Dresden
- Place of death
- Cologne
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- Krautrock
- Instrument
- drum kit
- Official website
- www.spoonrecords.com/history/jaki_liebezeit.php
- Image
- Liebezeit-Jaki-Stadtgarten-Koeln-041211.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1938-05-26
- Commons category
- Jaki Liebezeit
- date of death
- 2017-01-22
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
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