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The Short Form

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Released
  
1997

Length
  
58:47

The Short Form (1997)
  
ConSequences (1999)

Release date
  
1997

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
July 27, 1996

Producer
  
Michael Ehlers

Artist
  
Raphe Malik

Label
  
Eremite Records

Venue
  
UMASS, Amherst, Massachusetts

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The Short Form is an album by American jazz trumpeter Raphe Malik, which was recorded live at the Fire in the Valley Festival in 1996 and released on the Eremite label. He leads a quartet with tenor saxophonist Glenn Spearman, bassist George Langford and drummer Dennis Warren.

Contents

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "This date was an evening that revealed to an enthralled audience what speaking in tongues was all about. As evidenced by The Short Form, Malik should be recorded as a leader far more often than he is. It's simply stunning."

The Penguin Guide to Jazz says "Energy-music followers will love The Short Form, a concert recording that pares the band back to a quartet and lets them explode."

In his review for JazzTimes John Murph notes "Malik's terse tone, blurry trumpet flurries blast through an arresting set of originals that boils with eruptive intensity."

Track listing

All compositions by Raphe Malik
  1. "Invocation: Spiel City" – 8:00
  2. "Ray (Thine Own)" – 10:00
  3. "Civilization After Coltrane" – 13:03
  4. "Big G" – 7:36
  5. "Hightail" – 4:57
  6. "Gem Stone" – 7:16
  7. "Grab Bag of Crabs on the Bayou" – 7:55

Personnel

  • Raphe Malik – trumpet
  • Glenn Spearman – tenor sax
  • George Langford – bass
  • Dennis Warren - drums
  • References

    The Short Form Wikipedia