''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 Akademie der Künste in

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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 ...

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: ''

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'' 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 ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

*Brian King Nelson – C-melody sax *

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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 saxophone, alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key ...

*Larry Roland – bass *Dennis Warren – drums

References

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