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Artist News
Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit dies
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 23 January 2017
Former Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit, a founder member of the influential German group, has died, aged 78, from pneumonia.
A statement on the band’s Facebook page reads: “It is with great sadness we have to announce that Jaki passed away this morning from sudden pneumonia. He fell asleep peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones. We will miss him hugely”.
Originally a jazz drummer, Liebezeit co-founded Can in 1968, helping to develop what became known as the ‘krautrock’ sound. He had been due to perform with former bandmates Irmin Schmidt and Malcolm Mooney at the Barbican in London on 8 Apr, as part of the previously reported ‘Can Project’.
