Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHarold Budd, an innovative American composer who collaborated with Brian Eno and Cocteau Twins, and whose own work combined elements of jazz, minimalism and more, has died at the age of 84, according to the Guardian.
His manager, Steve Takaki, confirmed the death to Rolling Stone, adding that the cause was complications due to COVID-19.Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins, a frequent Budd collaborator, posted on Facebook: “Shared a lot with Harold since we were young, since he was sick, shared a lot with Harold for the last 35 years, period.
Feeling empty, shattered lost and unprepared for this. … Rest in peace, poet of the piano.”Born in Los Angeles in 1936, Budd was a jazz fan in his early years and, after being.
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