I Called Him Morgan - 2016 - 6/10
Informative biography on Jazz trumpeter, Lee Morgan, as told from fellow musicians, and the woman who killed him.
Morgan came up in the late 50’s, working with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, later leading his own combos.
Photos, home movies, old newsreels, combine with recollections.
Most of the interviewees are aging, one key individual was caught a month before their death.
Should appeal to music fans, whether you are into Jazz, or not.
Admittedly, I knew of Morgan, and while roughly half of my Jazz albums are trumpet players (Miles, Louis, Chet), I only had two or three, seldom listened to, LP’s by Morgan.