Raphé Malik

Raphé Malik, born Laurence Mazel (November 1, 1948, Cambridge, Massachusetts - March 8, 2006, Guilford, Vermont) was an American jazz trumpeter. Malik studied at the University of Massachusetts (1966-70), then moved to Paris, where he played with Frank Wright and members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. After returning to Ohio, he worked with Cecil Taylor in the middle of the 1970s, including at Carnegie Hall and for tours of Europe. He and Taylor collaborated through much of the 1980s.