Ian McDonald, the founder of the rock band King Crimson, is no more

“I am very saddened to announce that my father passed away yesterday due to cancer. He is incredibly brave and has not lost his compassion and sense of humor, no matter how difficult it may be, ”his son Max wrote in a post on Friday (DGM) on King Crimson’s music label, Discipline Global Mobile website.

According to the American Press Rolling StoneArtist’s spokesman Ian McDonald announced his death Thursday evening, saying that Ian McDonald “died peacefully on February 9, 2022, at his home in New York, surrounded by his family.”

Along with singer Greg Lake, who died of cancer in December 2016, Ian McDonald is the co-founder and songwriter of King Crimson, a progressive rock band that worldwide success with the 1969 album. In Crimson King Court And its opening title 21st century schizophrenic man.

The album is considered to be the founding act of progressive rock, a rock mix of classical music and jazz. British yes, Genesis, but star formation Pink Floyd, most popular progressive rock bands.

According to DGM, “Ian’s contribution to King Crimson is profound and invaluable”. Multi-instrumentalist, he is known for playing the saxophone, piano, flute and guitar.

Born in England in 1946, Ian McDonald served five years in the British Army, especially as a jazz musician, a decisive genre in King Grimson’s creation.

Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, who attended King Crimson’s early performances, wrote in Rolling Stone that he was “kind of free-jazz sensitive but rock sensitive.”

Ian MacDonald, who only played with King Crimson for a few years, co-founded the British-American band Foreigner with Mick Jones.