Bennie Maupin
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Background information | |
Birth name | Benjamin Maupin |
Born | Detroit Michigan, U.S. | August 29, 1940
Genres | Jazz, jazz fusion |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
Instrument(s) | Saxophone, flute, bass clarinet |
Labels | Columbia, ECM, Mercury, Cryptogramophone |
Bennie Maupin (born August 29, 1940, Detroit, Michigan) is a jazz multireedist who performs on various saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet.[1]
He is known for his participation in Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi sextet and Headhunters band, and for performing on Miles Davis's seminal fusion record, Bitches Brew. Maupin has collaborated with Horace Silver, Roy Haynes, Woody Shaw, Lee Morgan and many others. He is noted for having a harmonically-advanced, "out" improvisation style, while having a different sense of melodic direction than other "out" jazz musicians such as Eric Dolphy.
Maupin was a member of Almanac, a group with Cecil McBee (bass), Mike Nock (piano) and Eddie Marshall (drums).
Discography
As leader
- The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM, 1974)
- Slow Traffic to the Right (Mercury, 1977)
- Moonscapes (Mercury, 1978)
- Driving While Black with Patrick Gleeson (Intuition, 1998)
- Penumbra (Cryptogramophone, 2006)
- Early Reflections (Cryptogramophone, 2008)
As sideman
With John Beasley
With Marion Brown
- Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (ECM, 1970)
- Juba Lee
With George Cables
- Shared Secrets (MuseFX, 2001)
With Mike Clark
- Actual Proof
With Miles Davis
- Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970)
- A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971)
- On the Corner (Columbia, 1972)
- Big Fun (Columbia, 1974)
With Chick Corea
- The Complete "Is" Sessions (1969)
With Jack DeJohnette
- The DeJohnette Complex (1969)
- Have You Heard? (1970)
With Patrick Gleeson and Jim Lang (Electronic Musical Industries, 2008)
- Jazz Criminal
With Herbie Hancock
- Mwandishi (1971)
- Crossings (1972)
- Sextant (1972)
- Head Hunters (1973)
- Thrust (1974)
- Flood (1975)
- Man-Child (1975)
- Secrets (1976)
- VSOP (1976)
- Sunlight (1978)
- Directstep (1979)
- Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (1979)
- Mr. Hands (1980)
- Dis Is da Drum (1994)
With The Headhunters
- Survival of the Fittest (1975)
- Straight from the Gate (1977)
- Return of the Headhunters (1998)
With Eddie Henderson
- Realization (Capricorn, 1973)
- Inside Out (Capricorn, 1974)
- Sunburst (Blue Note, 1975)
- Mahal (Capitol, 1978)
With Andrew Hill
- One for One (Blue Note, 1965)
With Lee Morgan
- Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1970)
- Caramba! (Blue Note, 1968)
- Taru (Blue Note, 1980)
With Darek Oleszkiewicz
With the Jimmy Owens-Kenny Barron Quintet
- You Had Better Listen (Atlantic, 1967)
With Woody Shaw
- Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary, 1970)
- Song of Songs (Contemporary, 1972)
With Horace Silver
- Serenade to a Soul Sister (Blue Note, 1968)
- You Gotta Take a Little Love (Blue Note, 1969)
With Lonnie Smith
- Turning Point (Blue Note, 1969)
With McCoy Tyner
- Tender Moments (Blue Note, 1968)
- Together (Milestone, 1978)
With Lenny White
- Big City
With Meat Beat Manifesto
References
External links
- 1940 births
- Living people
- 21st-century clarinetists
- 21st-century saxophonists
- African-American jazz musicians
- African American saxophonists
- American male saxophonists
- American jazz flautists
- American jazz saxophonists
- Bass clarinetists
- ECM Records artists
- Jazz musicians from Michigan
- American male jazz musicians
- Mercury Records artists
- Miles Davis
- Musicians from Detroit
- The Headhunters members
- Almanac (band) members
- Improvising Artists Records artists