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I Called Him Morgan is a 2016 Swedish produced documentary film written and directed by Kasper Collin which offers an account of the life of jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, and his relationship with his common-law wife Helen Morgan, who killed him in February 1972.
On a snowy night in February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his common-law wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. Th...
On a snowy night in February 1972, the 33 year old jazz trumpet star Lee Morgan was shot dead by his common-law wife, Helen, during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts the people who knew the Morgans.
I Called Him Morgan. NEW. Helen Morgan had nursed her common-law husband, jazz great Lee Morgan, through heroin addiction. On a February night in 1972, she walked into Slug's Saloon in the...
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Mar 23, 2017 · I Called Him Morgan. Directed by Kasper Collin. Documentary, Drama, History, Music. 1h 32m. By A.O. Scott. March 23, 2017. In February 1972, in the midst of a blizzard, the jazz...
Mar 24, 2017 · I Called Him Morgan. Documentary. 91 minutes ‧ NR ‧ 2017. Glenn Kenny. March 24, 2017. 5 min read. The jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan made exuberant music. Sufficiently exuberant and catchy that he achieved that rarity, getting a post-bop tune on the pop charts at the near-height of U.S. Beatlemania.
Mar 23, 2017 · The brilliant trumpeter Lee Morgan, whose shocking and untimely death at the age of 33 is at the center of I Called Him Morgan, doesn't star in this documentary so much as haunt it.
