Bennie Maupin was born on August 29, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and composer, known for Jazz in the Rain Forest (2013), I Called Him Morgan (2016) and Brown Sugar (2002).
Bennie is a member of SGI and a Nichiren Buddhist like his friends Herbie Hancock , Wayne Shorter , Buster Williams , and many others. Herbie Hancock wrote extensively about Bennie in his autobiography "Possibilities". Miles Davis wrote about Bennie in his autobiography. Bennie is a vegetarian. Bennie's son Jarmil Maupin is an Emmy-nominated sound editor. He was a member of Herbie Hancock's band The Headhunters along with Bill Summers, Harvey Mason and Paul Jackson. Bennie was in Herbie's sextet in the 1960's with Buster Williams, Billy Hart, Eddie Henderson, Julian Priester and Leon Chancler.
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On a snowy night in February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his common-law wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts those who knew the Morgans. This feature documentary by Swedish filmmaker Kasper Collin is a love letter to two unique personalities and the music that brought them together. A film about love, jazz and America.