Rasul Olufemi Siddik (born Jan Corlus Mahr; September 20, 1949 – January 16, 2023)[1] was an American jazz trumpeter.
Shortly after, his trumpet was stolen, and the family wasn't able to acquire a replacement for a couple of years, when his junior high school started a band.
[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.
"[7] He was rejected as 4-F.[7] In the 1980s, he worked with Karlton Hester's Contemporary Art Movement and with Michele Rosewoman before joining Henry Threadgill's sextet from about 1984 through the end of the decade.
[2] He moved to Paris in the 1990s, where he worked with Billy Bang, Ghasem Batamuntu, Christian Blazer, Hamiett Bluiett, Benjamin Duboc, Kahil El'Zabar, Bobby Few, Sunny Murray, and Romano Partesi.