What is Malachi Favors?
'''Malachi Favors''' (August 22, 1927 &ndash; January 30, 2004) was an [[Americans|American]] jazz bassist. He was best known for his work with the [[Art Ensemble of Chicago]]. Favors was born on August 22, 1927 in [[Lexington, Mississippi]].<ref>[http://www.nndb.com/people/512/000042386/ NNDB article]</ref> He was raised in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. Well known records of his include [[Natural and the Spiritual]] (solo bass, 1977) and ''[[Sightsong]]'' (duets with Muhal Richard Abrams, 1975). In 1994 he played with [[Roman Bunka]] (Oud) at Berlin Jazz Fest and recorded the ''German Critics Poll Winner'' album ''Color me Cairo''. Favors died on January 30, 2004 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] from [[pancreatic cancer]], aged 76.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://artensembleofchicago.com/malachi.html |title=Art Ensemble of Chicago obituary |access-date=2013-08-08 |archive-date=2007-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070114160446/http://www.artensembleofchicago.com/malachi.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.jazzweekly.com/interviews/favors.htm JazzWeekly.com: A Fireside Chat with Malachi Favors] {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Favors, Malachi}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2004 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:Bassists]] [[Category:American jazz musicians]] [[Category:Musicians from Mississippi]] [[Category:Musicians from Chicago]]