Raphe Malik


Raphe Malik was an American jazz trumpeter.

Career

Malik studied at the University of Massachusetts, then moved to Paris, where he played with Frank [Wright (jazz musician)|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, Manhattan|East Village of Manhattan]. Musicians Rashid Bakr, Andy Bey, Karen Borca, David S. Ware, and Jimmy [Lyons (saxophonist)|Jimmy Lyons] also performed in the production. Taylor's production combined the original script with a chorus of orchestrated voices used as instruments.
In the 1990s, Malik recorded several albums as a leader, and played with Dennis Warren in the Full Metal Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble.

Discography

As sideman

With Jimmy LyonsWee Sneezawee The [Box Set (Jimmy Lyons album)|The Box Set]
With Sabir MateenSecrets of When
With Alan Silva
With Glenn SpearmanFree Worlds
With Cecil Taylor