Jaki Liebezeit

Jaki Liebezeit
Jaki Liebezeit, December 2011
Jaki Liebezeit, December 2011
Background information
Birth nameHans Liebezeit
Born(1938-05-26)26 May 1938
Ostrau, Saxony, Germany
Died22 January 2017(2017-01-22) (aged 78)
Cologne, Germany
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
Years active1961–2017

Jaki Liebezeit (born Hans Liebezeit; 26 May 1938[1] – 22 January 2017) was a German drummer, best known as a founding member of experimental rock band Can.[2] He was called "one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral".[3]

  1. ^ Young, Rob (24 January 2017). "Jaki Liebezeit, 1938-2017". Faber & Faber Blog.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ JON PARELES (26 January 2017). "Jaki Liebezeit, Influential Drummer for Can, Dies at 78". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Jeff Norman's website". Uwm.edu. 23 September 1999. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2011.