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)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ian McDonald is referenced by 375 other articles, and connects out to AllMusic, King Crimson and Giles, Giles and Fripp.
Vinony files it under 1946 births, 2022 deaths and 20th-century British Army personnel.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16,161
- Total plays
- 98,696
Tags
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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