Ian McDonald
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ian MacDonald, Ian Sinclair McDonald, Ian Mc Donald, Ian Richard McDonald
English musician, co-founder of King Crimson and Foreigner (1946–2022)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 31 mars 1960
- Works
- 132
Top works
- Boy, with Accidental Dinosaur
- Meeting Infinity
- Tor. com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #5
- The Year's Best Science Fiction on Earth 2
- Sacrifice of fools
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1952-02-12
2008 universal fire victimsoulsoul and reggae
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16,161
- Total plays
- 98,696
Tags
englandProgressive rockUnited KingdomKing CrimsonUK
Ian McDonald (born 25 June 1946, in Osterley, Middlesex— 9 February 2022, in New York City, United States) was an English multi-instrumental musician, best known as a founding member of progressive rock group King Crimson, formed in 1969, and of the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. He was well-known as a rock session musician, predominantly as a saxophonist. He also played flute, vibraphone, keyboards, and guitar. Born in London, McDonald served five years in the British Army as a bandsman. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ian
- Family name
- McDonald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Osterley
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- mellotron
- Image
- Ian McDonald (2009) (cropped).jpg
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Ian McDonald
- date of birth
- 1946-06-25
- member of
- Centipede
- end of work period
- 2022-00-00
- cause of death
- cancer
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- different from
- Ian McDonald
- date of death
- 2022-02-09
- Commons category
- Ian McDonald (musician)
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