Raphe Malik

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Raphe Malik (actually Laurence Mazel , * 1. November 1948 in Cambridge (Massachusetts) , † 8. March 2006 in Guilford (Vermont) ) was an American free jazz - trumpet .

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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

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personal data
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)