I Called Him Morgan (2016)

7.2/10 • 91 min • Music Documentary History

Overview

Part jazz history, part true-crime tale, Kasper Collin’s new documentary employs extensive archival footage and new interviews to tell the tragic story of the magnificently talented trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who murdered him in a New York bar in 1972.

Cast

Lee Morgan

Self (archive material)

Wayne Shorter

Self

Larry Reni Thomas

Self

Jymie Merritt

Self

Bennie Maupin

Self

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