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Raphe Malik: Speak Easy

by AAJ Staff
March 1, 2002

Raphe Malik, a master trumpeter who has established his versatility in a variety of improv contexts, turns inward on his new solo record, Speak Easy. Solo trumpet records are a rarity in jazz, and a major challenge to the performer. Malik rises to the occasion and delivers 47 minutes of persuasive music. The general impression here ...

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Speak Easy

By Raphe Malik

Label: Le Systeme
Released: 2001

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ConSequences

By Raphe Malik

Label: Eremite Records
Released: 2000

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Storyline

By Raphe Malik

Label: Le Systeme
Released: 2000

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Malik/ McBee/ Moffett: Storyline

by Derek Taylor
May 1, 2000

P>Raphé Malik’s discography as a leader is painfully small; especially considering the amount of time he’s spent as an active player on the jazz scene. An FMP date, a pair of Eremites, and a stray session for Mapleshade comprise his complete available output. But rather than being the outcome of any frailty on Malik’s part such ...

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Malik / McBee / Moffett: Storyline

by Robert Spencer
April 1, 2000

While the trumpet is often a lead instrument in jazz, trumpet trios like this one, and even trumpet quartets, are not that common. The trumpet is a demanding instrument. To play it within an ensemble places a large physical and musical burden on the trumpeter - so that only an unusually forceful musician like Raphe Malik ...

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Raphe Malik: ConSequences

by John Sharpe
February 1, 2000

From the first notes from William Parker’s gut churning bass you know you are in for a treat. Raphe Malik assembled an all star band for the 1997 Fire In The Valley Festival and we are fortunate it was well-recorded for posterity. The whole disc constitutes a superb manifesto of state of the art jazz at ...

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