GUILFORD -- Laurence Mazel (Raphe Malik), 57, noted jazz musician, has died after a long illness.
He was in born in Cambridge, Mass., on Nov. 1, 1948. He lived in Boston, Lawrence and Andover, Mass.
During his high school years he was Northeast Regional tennis champion for New England, and studied Mandarin Chinese through a State Department intensive language course, pursuits which he maintained throughout his life.
He attended University of Massachusetts at Amherst, then Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he studied and played music with Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons and Andrew Cyrille.
In the early 1970s, he moved to New York City where he began his music career as a trumpet player and composer and adopted his stage name, Raphe Malik. He played in concert with and recorded with Jimmy Lyons, Syd Smart, William Parker and Cecil Taylor.
During the 1970s and 1980s, he traveled extensively and was recognized as an icon in avant garde music by his fellow musicians and audiences alike.
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He was in born in Cambridge, Mass., on Nov. 1, 1948. He lived in Boston, Lawrence and Andover, Mass.
During his high school years he was Northeast Regional tennis champion for New England, and studied Mandarin Chinese through a State Department intensive language course, pursuits which he maintained throughout his life.
He attended University of Massachusetts at Amherst, then Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he studied and played music with Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons and Andrew Cyrille.
In the early 1970s, he moved to New York City where he began his music career as a trumpet player and composer and adopted his stage name, Raphe Malik. He played in concert with and recorded with Jimmy Lyons, Syd Smart, William Parker and Cecil Taylor.
During the 1970s and 1980s, he traveled extensively and was recognized as an icon in avant garde music by his fellow musicians and audiences alike.
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