Ahmed Abdul-Malik

Ahmed Abdul-Malik (January 30, 1927 in Brooklyn – October 2, 1993 in Long Branch, New Jersey) was a jazz double bassist and oud player of Sudanese descent. He attended The High School of Music & Art in Harlem.

In the mid-1970s, Malik was a substitute instructor at Junior High School 281, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, teaching strings under the supervision of Andrew Liotta, acclaimed composer of seven operas, choral, and numerous chamber works. While seeking a teaching certification, in addition to study under Liotta in orchestration and composition, he also taught Sudanese in the junior high school language department. In the late 1970s he taught individual students private instruction in jazz improvisation at New York University.

He is noted for integrating Middle Eastern and North African music styles in his jazz music. He was the bassist for Art Blakey, Randy Weston, and Thelonious Monk among others. As an oud player he did a tour of South America for the United States Department of State and performed at an African jazz festival in Morocco.

As leader

 * 1958: Jazz Sahara (Riverside) - with Johnny Griffin
 * 1959: East Meets West with Curtis Fuller, Jerome Richardson, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Johnny Griffin
 * 1961: The Music of Ahmed Abdul-Malik (New Jazz)
 * 1962: Sounds of Africa (New Jazz)
 * 1963: The Eastern Moods of Ahmed Abdul-Malik (Prestige)
 * 1964: Spellbound

As sideman
With Art Blakey With John Coltrane With Walt Dickerson With Jutta Hipp With Odetta With Thelonious Monk With Randy Weston
 * The African Beat (1962)
 * Live! at the Village Vanguard (1961)
 *  Relativity (1962)
 * Jazz Impressions of Lawrence of Arabia (1963)
 * Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956)
 * Odetta and the Blues (1962)
 * Odetta Sings the Blues (1968)
 * Misterioso (1958)
 * Thelonious in Action (1958)
 * Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (1957, released 2005)
 * With These Hands... (Riverside, 1956)
 * Jazz á la Bohemia (Riverside, 1956)
 * The Modern Art of Jazz (Dawn, 1956)
 * Tanjah (Polydor, 1973)