I Called Him Morgan 2016

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

Lee Morgan

Helen Morgan

Wayne Shorter

Larry Reni Thomas

Judith Johnson

Jymie Merritt

Bennie Maupin