I Called Him Morgan2016
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.
Top-billed cast
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Media
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Ultimately, Collin’s film is one of forgiveness. That’s not the usual way great tragedies end.
Well executed, interesting and immersive. Almost made me feel like I was there.
This is the second documentary he has made about tragic jazz artists who died young – the first was “My Name Is Albert Ayler” – and he clearly has an abiding fascination with them. But what draws him most of all is the music, and that’s as it should be.
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