Rasul Siddik
Rasul Olufemi Siddik | |
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| Birth name | Jan Corlus Mahr |
| Born | September 20, 1949 St. Louis, Missouri , U.S. |
| Died | January 16, 2023 (aged 73) |
| Occupation(s) | Jazz trumpeter |
Rasul Olufemi Siddik (born Jan Corlus Mahr; September 20, 1949 – January 16, 2023)[1] was an American jazz trumpeter. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).
Early life
Siddik was born in St. Louis.
Career
Siddik played early in his career with the St. Louis Creative Ensemble, playing with Charles "Bobo" Shaw and Joseph Bowie.[2] 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.[4]
In Chicago, he changed his name from Jan Corlus Mahr to Rasul Olufemi Siddik.[5] After a period of introspection and attending the AACM's music school, he enrolled at the Malcolm X College.[6] However, he was located by the military authorities, so attempted further means of avoiding the draft.[7] 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."[7] He was rejected as 4-F.[7]
In the 1980s, he worked with
References
- ^ Carnet noir : Rasul Siddik est décédé (in French)
- ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004.
- ^ Lewis 2008, pp. 306, 308.
- ^ a b c d e f Lewis 2008, p. 307.
- ^ Lewis 2008, p. 308.
- ^ Lewis 2008, pp. 308–309.
- ^ a b c Lewis 2008, p. 309.
Bibliography
- Lewis, George E.(2008). A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music. University of Chicago Press.
External links
- Rasul Siddik discography at Discogs
- Rasul Siddik at IMDb
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