Looking East: A Suite in Three Parts

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Looking East: A Suite in Three Parts
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Live album by
Raphe Malik
Released2001
RecordedOctober 30, 1999
VenueInstitute of Contemporary Art, Boston
GenreJazz
Length90:55
LabelBoxholder
ProducerRaphe Malik
Raphe Malik chronology
Storyline
(2000) 		Looking East: A Suite in Three Parts
(2001) 		Speak Easy
(2001)

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[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 stars[2]

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."[1]

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."[2]

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."[3]

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."[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Raphe Malik.

Disc One

  1. "Zero Grade" – 11:18
  2. "Fractals" – 11:54
  3. "The Old Your Majesty" – 13:56
  4. "The New Majesty" – 21:11

Disc Two

  1. "Reversal" – 13:38
  2. "Smooth Moffetting" – 18:58
  3. "Cosmic G" – 14:12

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Chadbourne, Eugene. Raphe Malik – Looking East: A Suite in Three Parts: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 925. ISBN 978-0141034010.
  3. ^ Sharpe, John Looking East: A Suite in Three Parts review at All About Jazz
  4. ^ Steinberg, Aaron Looking East: A Suite in Three Parts review at JazzTimes
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