Looking East: A Suite in Three Parts is a double album by American jazz trumpeter Raphe Malik featuring a quartet with reedman Sabir Mateen, bassist Larry Roland and drummer Codaryl "Cody" Moffett, which was released on the Boxholder label. The album documents a concert performance organized by the Boston Creative Music Alliance in 1999.
Reception
In his review for AllMusic, Eugene Chadbourne states "Trumpeter Malik leads his quartet through an extended composition in a half-dozen sections, exhibiting superb timing, a sense of drama, and impeccable taste in his associates."
The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes "Malik is in top form, but Mateen tends to go off at half-cock, and very abrasive half-cock at that, which just encourages Moffet to go mad."
The All About Jazz review by John Sharpe says "Malik is a powerful player with a bright brassy sound deployed in darting, fizzing lines and heraldic fanfares."Sharpe, John Looking East: A Suite in Three Parts review at All About Jazz
In his review for JazzTimes Aaron Steinberg notes "Malik leaves the greatest print on the music. His brash, wide-stroke trumpet sound is highlighter-tip thick compared to most ball-point trumpet blurts, and his contributions range from fluttering strings of high notes to swaggering low notes, or fragments of boppish lines delivered with confidence and kick."Steinberg, Aaron Looking East: A Suite in Three Parts review at JazzTimes
Track listing All compositions by Raphe Malik.
Disc One "Zero Grade" – 11:18 "Fractals" – 11:54 "The Old Your Majesty" – 13:56 "The New Majesty" – 21:11
Disc Two "Reversal" – 13:38 "Smooth Moffetting" – 18:58 "Cosmic G" – 14:12
Personnel Raphe Malik – trumpet Sabir Mateen – tenor sax, alto sax, flute, b-flat clarinet, alto clarinet Larry Roland – bass Codaryl "Cody" Moffett - drums
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