Raphe Malik (born as Laurence Mazel; November 1, 1948, in Cambridge, Massachusetts – March 8, 2006, in Guilford, Vermont) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Career Malik studied at the University of Massachusetts (1966–1970), then moved to Paris, where he played with Frank Wright and members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. After returning to Ohio, he began working with Cecil Taylor in the mid-1970s, including at Carnegie Hall and for tours of Europe. He and Taylor collaborated through much of the 1970s and 1980s. In 1976, Malik performed in a production of Adrienne Kennedy's A Rat's Mass directed by Cecil Taylor at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan. Musicians Rashid Bakr, Andy Bey, Karen Borca, David S. Ware, and Jimmy Lyons also performed in the production. Taylor's production combined the original script with a chorus of orchestrated voices used as instruments.La MaMa Archives Digital Collections. "Production: Rat's Mass, A (1976)". Accessed August 8, 2018.
In the 1990s, Malik recorded several albums as a leader, and played with Dennis Warren in the Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble.
Discography
As leader TitleLabelYear releasedNotes21st Century Texts FMP1992quintet: with Glenn Spearman, Brian Nelson (saxophone), Larry Roland (bass), Dennis Warren (drums); live recorded in 1991Sirens Sweet & SlowOutSounds1994quintet: with Glenn Spearman, Brian Nelson (saxophone), Larry Roland, Jamyll Jones (bass), Dennis Warren (drums); recorded in 1991The Short FormEremite1997quartet: with Glenn Spearman (saxophone), George Langford (bass), Dennis Warren (drums); live recorded in 1996ConSequencesEremite1999quartet: with Sabir Mateen (sax), William Parker (bass), Denis Charles (drums)Storyline Boxholder2000trio: with Cecil McBee (bass), Cody Moffett (drums)Looking East: A Suite in Three PartsBoxholder2001quartet: with Sabir Mateen (saxophone), Larry Roland (bass), Cody Moffett (drums)Speak Easy Le Systeme2001solo trumpetCompanionsEremite2002quartet: with Glenn Spearman (saxophone), William Parker (bass), Paul Murphy (drums)SympathyBoxholder2004trio: with Joe McPhee (saxophone and trumpet), Donald Robinson (drums)Last Set: Live at the 1369 Jazz ClubBoxholder2004quartet: with Frank Wright (saxophone), William Parker (bass), Syd Smart (drums); recorded in 1984
As sideman With Jimmy Lyons Wee Sneezawee (Black Saint, 1983) The Box Set (Ayler, 2003)
With Sabir Mateen Secrets of When (Bleu Regard, 2001)
With Alan Silva Alan Silva & the Sound Visions Orchestra (Eremite, 2001) – live recorded in 1999
With Glenn Spearman Free Worlds (Black Saint, 2000)
With Cecil Taylor 1976: Dark to Themselves (Enja, 1977) 1978: Cecil Taylor Unit (New World, 1978) 1978: 3 Phasis (New World, 1978) 1978: Live in the Black Forest (MPS, 1978) – live 1978: One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye (Hat Hut, 1980) – live 1980: It Is in the Brewing Luminous (Hat Hut, 1981) – live
References
External links Chris Kelsey on [ Raphe Malik] at Allmusic Malik's obituary at jazzhouse.org (by Todd S. Jenkins)