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I Called Him Morgan
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Title: I Called Him Morgan

Release Date: 5 Sep 2016

Runtime: 1h 31m

Genre: Music, Documentary, History

Director: Kasper Collin Produktion, SVT, Film i Väst

Production Companies: Kasper Collin Produktion, SVT, Film i Väst

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 7.2 (47 votes)

Cast

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