''21st Century Texts'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter

Raphe Malik Raphe Malik, born Laurence Mazel (November 1, 1948 in Cambridge, Massachusetts – March 8, 2006 in Guilford, Vermont) was an American jazz trumpeter. Career Malik studied at the University of Massachusetts (1966–70), then moved to Paris, whe ...

, which was recorded live during the Workshop Freie Musik at The

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, and released on the German FMP label. Malik reformed his quintet in 1989 with his old partner

Glenn Spearman Glenn Spearman (February 14, 1947 – October 8, 1998) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was associated with free jazz and experimental music. Spearman was active in Oakland, California, in the late 1960s but moved to Paris in 1972 and f ...

on tenor, Brian King Nelson on C-melody sax, Larry Roland on bass and Dennis Warren on drums. The ensemble toured Europe in 1991 for a series of four concerts.Original Liner Notes by Hans Falb

Reception

In his review for

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, Michael G. Nastos states: ''

The Penguin Guide to Jazz ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' is a reference work containing an encyclopedic directory of jazz recordings on CD which were (at the time of publication) currently available in Europe or the United States. The first nine editions were compiled b ...

'' notes:

Track listing

:''All compositions by Raphe Malik'' # "AB dedicated to A.B. Spellman" – 15:26 # "CC dedicated to Duke Ellinton" – 6:50 # "Blue 2 dedicated to Miles Davis" – 5:37 # "Talk dedicated to Miles Davis" – 14:51 # "Companions Too dedicated to Jimmy Lyons" – 9:06 # "T's Quiet Time dedicated to Thelonious Monk" – 8:07 # "Extensions" – 14:02

Personnel

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trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

*Brian King Nelson –

C-melody sax The C melody saxophone, also known as the C tenor saxophone, is a saxophone pitched in the key of C one whole tone above the common B-flat tenor saxophone. The C melody was part of the series of saxophones pitched in C and F intended by the ins ...

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tenor sax The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

*Larry Roland –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

*Dennis Warren –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

References

{{Raphe Malik, state=autocollapse 1992 live albums Raphe Malik live albums FMP Records live albums