I Called Him Morgan
Sep 05 2016
•2h 31m
•Music, Documentary, History
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.
Cast
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Lee Morgan
Self (archive material)
Helen Morgan
Self (archive material)
Wayne Shorter
Self
Larry Reni Thomas
Self
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