Raphe Malik
Raphe Malik (actually Laurence Mazel , * 1. November 1948 in Cambridge (Massachusetts) , † 8. March 2006 in Guilford (Vermont) ) was an American free jazz - trumpet .
Live and act
Malik grew up in the Boston area ; in his teens he played rhythm and blues in Boston clubs . He studied at the University of Massachusetts from 1966 to 1970 ; then he went to Paris , where he played with saxophonist Frank Wright and members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago . After returning to the USA, he studied at Antioch College in Ohio , where he met Cecil Taylor , Jimmy Lyons and Andrew Cyrille . Since the 1970s, Malik then worked with Cecil Taylor in his formations; In 1974 he performed with Taylor's Big Band at New York's Carnegie Hall . Malik took part in numerous recordings in the 1970s, such as the Enja album Dark to Themselves (1976) and the album Cecil Taylor Unit (1978), which was recorded as a quintet , and toured Europe with him several times .
In the 1980s he only worked sporadically with Taylor. In 1983 he worked on Jimmy Lyons album Wee Sneezawee on the Black Saint label; in the 1980s he also directed his own quintet in the Boston area. In 1992 he married Marguerite Serkin; the couple moved to Vermont , where he taught at Bennington College.
In the 1990s Malik continued to work with his own formations and recorded albums a. a. for the labels Free Music Production , Mapleshade and Eremite, where he worked with Rashid Bakr Glenn Spearman , Sabir Mateen , Dennis Charles and William Parker . He also played in the band of Boston drummer Dennis Warren , the Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble and took part in the recordings of Glenn Spearman ( Free Worlds , 1995), Paul Flaherty and the John Coltrane project of the Rova Saxophone Quartet ( John Coltrane's Ascension ). In 2001 he played in Alan Silva's Sound Visions Orchestra . One of his last recordings before his death in 2006 was the trio album Sympathy (2002) with Joe McPhee and Donald Robinson .
The critic Chris Kelsey counts Malik among the few trumpeters who performed Cecil Taylor's highly energetic trumpet play.
Discographic notes
- Live at the 1369 Jazz Club ( Boxholder , 1984) with Frank Wright, William Parker
- 21st Century Texts ( FMP , 1991)
- Sirens Swet and Slow (Outsounds, 1994)
- The Short Form (Eremite, 1996)
- Consequences (Eremite, 1997)
- Storyline (Boxholder, 1998) with Cecil McBee, Cody Moffett
- Looking East: A Suite in Three Parts ( Boxholder , 1999)
- Companions (Eremite, 1998) with Glenn Spearman, William Parker, Paul Murphy
- Speak Easy (Le systeme, 2001) solo
- Sympathy (Boxholder, 2002) with Joe McPhee and Donald Robinson
swell
- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
- Chris Kelsey biography in the All Music Guide
- Biography of Todd S. Jenkins at Jazzhouse
- Go to the production of 21st Century Texts (1991)
- Obituary in All About Jazz
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SURNAME | Malik, raphe |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mazel, Laurence (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American free jazz trumpeter |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1948 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 2006 |
Place of death | Guilford (Vermont) |