I Called Him Morgan

• 7.191
• 2016-09-05
• 91 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Lee Morgan (Self (archive material)) Helen Morgan (Self (archive material)) Wayne Shorter (Self) Larry Reni Thomas (Self) Judith Johnson (Self) Jymie Merritt (Self) Bennie Maupin (Self)

Director:

Kasper Collin

Writer:

Kasper Collin Jesper Osmund