I Called Him Morgan (2016) ★ 7.01h31

Name: I Called Him Morgan
Genre: Music, Documentary, History
Released: 2016
Rating: 7
Cast: Lee Morgan, Helen Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Larry Reni Thomas, Judith Johnson

Music · Documentary · History

Director Kasper Collin

Also directed My Name Is Albert Ayler

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.

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Cast

Lee Morgan
Helen Morgan
Wayne Shorter
Larry Reni Thomas
Judith Johnson
Jymie Merritt
Bennie Maupin

I Called Him Morgan (2016) ★ 7.01h31

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