LOS ANGELES — Dave Matthews Band saxophone player LeRoi Moore, one of the group’s founding members and a key part of its eclectic jazz-infused sound, died Tuesday from injuries he sustained in an all-terrain vehicle accident in June. He was 46.
The band released a statement on its website confirming Moore died at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Moore was initially hospitalized in late June after the ATV accident on his farm outside Charlottesville, Va. He had recently returned to his Los Angeles home to begin a physical rehabilitation program when complications forced him back to the hospital on July 17, the band said. The hospital did not release any details.
Ambrosia Healy, the band’s publicist, said the band’s show Tuesday night in Los Angeles was not canceled.
Playing with the Dave Matthews Band was “almost better than a jazz gig,” Moore said in a biography on the band’s website. “I have plenty of space to improvise, to try new ideas.”
Lead singer Dave Matthews credited Moore with arranging many of his songs.
