{{Short description|American jazz pianist}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = John Malachi | image = John Malachi (William P. Gottlieb).jpg | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_place = Red Springs, North Carolina, U.S. | birth_date = September 6, 1919 | death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|2|11|1919|9|6}} | instrument = Piano | genre = Jazz | occupation = Musician | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = | past_members = }}
'''John Malachi''' (September 6, 1919 – February 11, 1987) was an American jazz pianist.
==Early life== Malachi was born in Red Springs, North Carolina on September 6, 1919, and grew up in Durham, North Carolina.<ref name="Grove">{{Citation|last1 = Rinzler|first1 = Paul|last2 = Kernfeld|first2 = Barry|title = Malachi, John |publisher = Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press|url = http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/J286100|access-date = July 25, 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> At the age of ten he moved with his family to Washington, D.C.<ref name="Grove" /> He was a self-taught musician.<ref name="Grove" />
==Later life and career== Malachi was a member of the epochal Billy Eckstine Bebop Orchestra in 1944–1945 and again in 1947. He also worked with Illinois Jacquet in 1948, Louis Jordan in 1951, and a series of singers including Pearl Bailey, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Al Hibbler, and Joe Williams.<ref>{{AllMusic | class = artist | id = p101131 | tab = biography | label = Biography of John Malachi | first = Scott | last = Yanow | accessdate = 2012-05-01 }}</ref>
Malachi opted out of the traveling life of the touring jazz musician in the 1960s, living roughly the last decade and a half of his life in Washington, D.C. freelancing, playing with touring bands and artists when they stopped in Washington, and leading music workshops at clubs like Jimmy MacPhail's Gold Room and Bill Harris's Pig's Foot. Malachi's generosity towards younger musicians was legendary.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.johncolianni.com/about.php |title=Official Website of Jazz Pianist John Colianni |access-date=2009-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112044724/http://www.johncolianni.com/about.php |archive-date=2008-11-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> One of the musicians he helped influence recalls that younger players referred to his workshops as "The University of John Malachi".<ref>[http://www.jazzimprov.com/util/articles.cfm?article_id=100 Eric Niemeyer interview of George V. Johnson] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229083120/http://www.jazzimprov.com/util/articles.cfm?article_id=100 |date=2008-12-29 }}</ref><ref>[http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=44579952 George V. Johnson, Jr. Music Blog] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113122514/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll |date=2009-01-13 }}</ref>
John Malachi is the great-grandfather of Carolyn Malachi. The singer, poet, and rap artist received a Best Urban / Alternative Performance Grammy Award nomination in 2011.<ref name="53grammy">{{Cite web | title=Carolyn Malachi Performs Exclusive Set At The Recording Academy | url=http://www.grammy.com/news/carolyn-malachi-performs-exclusive-set-at-the-recording-academy | website=Grammy.com | publisher=NARAS | date=August 13, 2013 | access-date=October 4, 2013 }}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73796888.html?dids=73796888:73796888&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+13%2C+1987&author=Richard+Harrington&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=John+Malachi%2C+the+Professor+of+Jazz&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019192118/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73796888.html?dids=73796888:73796888&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+13,+1987&author=Richard+Harrington&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=John+Malachi,+the+Professor+of+Jazz&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2012|title=John Malachi, the Professor of Jazz|work=Washington Post|first=Richard|last=Harrington|date=February 13, 1987}}
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