I Called Him Morgan
September 5, 2016
91 minutes
7.2
MusicDocumentaryHistory

I Called Him Morgan

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.

Trailer
Cast
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)