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Rasul Siddik

Rasul Olufemi Siddik, sometimes spelled Rasul Sadik (born Jan Corlus Mahr; September 20, 1949) is an American jazz trumpeter. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).

Early life[edit]

Siddik was born in St. Louis.[1] He was the fifth of eight children, and was named Jan Corlus Mahr.[2] His father listened to a lot of music in the house, where there was also a piano.[3] He was passed down a trumpet by his older brother, and then « started taking lessons at the community music school, but he was unhappy with his teacher. Shortly after, his trumpet was stolen, and the family wasn’t able to acquire a replacement for a couple of years, when his junior high school started a band. »[3] He learned to read music in this band, but was largely self-taught on trumpet.[3] He briefly attended a Catholic high school, matching his parents’ religion, but moved to a vocational school.[3] He left with a General Equivalency Diploma.[3]

Later life and career[edit]

He played early in his career with the St. Louis Creative Ensemble, playing with Charles « Bobo » Shaw and James Bowie.[1] Unwilling to be drafted into the Vietnam War – « they were drafting all the black people, and sending them straight to Vietnam, […] I couldn’t see going to another country fighting people when we weren’t free at home » – he left for Chicago.[3]

In Chicago, he changed his name from Jan Corlus Mahr to Rasul Olufemi Siddik.[4] After a period of introspection and attending the AACM’s music school, he enrolled at the Malcolm X College.[5] However, he was located by the military authorities, so attempted further means of avoiding the draft.[6] Ultimately, he was required to attend an assessment meeting in St. Louis: « I went down there looking like one of Sun Ra‘s boys – space suit, an Indian robe, and a poncho. I had my hair all braided up, a little space hat. I went back to my revolutionary thing – I can’t wait to get to boot camp so I can shoot me some honkies and rednecks, I can’t stand white people, I can’t take orders from no white man, blah blah blah. »[6] He was rejected as 4-F.[6]

In the 1980s, he worked with Karlton Hester‘s Contemporary Art Movement and with Michele Rosewoman before joining Henry Threadgill‘s sextet from about 1984 through the end of the decade.[1] Concomitantly, he played in the latter half of the 1980s with Lester Bowie, Oliver Lake, and Julius Hemphill.[1] He first began working with David Murray around 1987, an association that continued into the 2000s.[1] He moved to Paris in the 1990s, where he worked with Billy Bang, Ghasem Batamuntu, Christian Blazer, Hamiett Bluiett, Benjamin Duboc, Kahil El’Zabar, Bobby Few, Sunny Murray, and Romano Partesi.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f « Rasul Siddik ». The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004.
  2. ^ Lewis 2008, pp. 306, 308.
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f Lewis 2008, p. 307.
  4. ^ Lewis 2008, p. 308.
  5. ^ Lewis 2008, pp. 308–309.
  6. ^ Jump up to:a b c Lewis 2008, p. 309.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Lewis, George E. (2008). A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music. University of Chicago Press.

 

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