Maxi Jazz, lead singer for the British band Faithless, has died at age 65, a consultant for the band confirmed to CBS News Saturday. The band additionally confirmed his loss of life in posts to social media.
Jazz, whose actual identify was Maxwell Fraser, “died peacefully in his sleep” on Friday evening, the band posted to its Twitter account. No different particulars in regards to the loss of life had been instantly offered.
“He was a man who changed our lives in so many ways,” the band wrote in a separate assertion on Facebook. “He gave proper meaning and message to our music.”
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In their assertion, Jazz’s bandmates, Rollo and Sister Bliss, remembered the late singer as “a lovely human being with time for everyone and a wisdom that was both profound and accessible.”
They described Jazz as a “brilliant lyricist, a DJ, a Buddhist, a magnificent stage presence, car lover, endless talker, beautiful person, moral compass and genius.”
Jazz shaped the digital music band with Rollo, Sister Bliss and Jamie Catto in 1995. They launched a number of platinum albums, and are in all probability greatest recognized for his or her hits “Insomnia” and “God Is a DJ.”
Faithless typically targeted on political themes of their music. The cowl for his or her 2020 album “All Blessed” used a photograph of refugees snapped by journalist Yannis Behrakis to strengthen the album’s theme of immigration, the band defined on YouTube.
Jazz, additionally an avid soccer fan, was named affiliate director for the Premier League membership Crystal Palace in 2012.
In a assertion Saturday, Crystal Palace stated the staff would stroll out to a Faithless tune for its match Monday towards Fulham as a tribute to Jazz.
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