Rest in Peace: Malachi Favors Moghustut

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― Broheems (diamond), Sunday, 1 February 2004 09:37 (twenty-one years ago)

o man

― mullygrubber (gaz), Sunday, 1 February 2004 09:47 (twenty-one years ago)

What a beautiful man. I am in tears right now. This is fucking terrible. We still have Roscoe and Don and Joseph, god bless them. All my thoughts go out to them.

I saw Malachi just a month ago, at Fred's place. The usual Thursday night gig he started up, with Vincent Davis & Hanna Jon. I recall eagerly shaking Malachi's hand as he made his way toward the door - I'd certainly done it before, but, gosh, anytime I saw this legend in person I felt privileged and awed. His worth ethic was unbelievable.

I don't know what Mr. Favors succumbed to, and I don't care; to the bitter end, every time I saw Favors play, he was amazing, he put his entire body into it, he really did his best to make every gig an event. It didn't matter if only 10 people showed up. Malachi was there falling in love with his bass again and again and it was an absolute pleasure to witness.

― Broheems (diamond), Sunday, 1 February 2004 09:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean, it's weird; in my life I've had the pleasure of meeting every member of the AEoC. But Malachi was BY FAR the coolest, nicest person you ever could meet. He cared so much about the young kids, about where the AACM was going, the South Side of Chicago, blah blah blah.... The guy was beautiful and this a HUGE loss.

― Broheems (diamond), Sunday, 1 February 2004 09:55 (twenty-one years ago)

ha... and wouldn't you know it, I actually spelled his name wrong on his memorial thread. It's of course, "Maghostut".

― Broheems (diamond), Sunday, 1 February 2004 10:09 (twenty-one years ago)

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― Broheems (diamond), Sunday, 1 February 2004 10:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Sad news

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Sunday, 1 February 2004 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)

R.I.P

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 1 February 2004 11:00 (twenty-one years ago)

This is the most depressing shit man.

RIP.

Time to bust out "Nice Guys."

― djdee2005, Sunday, 1 February 2004 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Very sad.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Sunday, 1 February 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been working on a piece on the AEoC for Jazziz. He was the only one I didn't get a chance to interview. Shit.

― Phil Freeman (Phil Freeman), Sunday, 1 February 2004 17:07 (twenty-one years ago)

the one time i saw ae roscoe mitchell goes into this circular breathing trance out that has me hypnotised and malachi favors quitely blows up this paper bag and bursts it *BANG*

― mullygrubber (gaz), Sunday, 1 February 2004 21:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Awww man. What a bummer.

What a bass player.

― scott m (mcd), Sunday, 1 February 2004 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Doug Schulkind is right now doing somewhat of a Malachi Favors tribute on WFMU.

― scott m (mcd), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

This is sad news. Anyone who hasn't heard his Sightsong album of duets with Muhal Richard Abrams should seek it out asap.

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I just heard "W.W." from that album on this radio broadcast and it was transcendent.

― scott m (mcd), Friday, 6 February 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

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― vahid (vahid), Friday, 6 February 2004 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)

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