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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.
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- Kasper Collin
Mar 24, 2017 · Synopsis 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 East Village with a...
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- Kasper Collin
Mar 24, 2017 · The most affecting interviewees are jazz greats Wayne Shorter and Albert “Tootie” Heath. Saxophonist Shorter came up with Morgan in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, and Wayne speaks of Lee with a warmth and immediacy that one associates with a best friend.
Mar 23, 2017 · In February 1972, in the midst of a blizzard, the jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan died after being shot in a Manhattan nightclub by his common-law wife, Helen.
Cinematography: Bradford Young, Erik Vallsten. Music: Lee Morgan and others. Editing: Hanna Lejonqvist, Eva Hillström, Dino Jonsäter, Kasper Collin. Sound: Jan Alvermark, Mario Adamson. Executive producers: Ron Mann, Nicole Stott, Dan Braun. Co-producers: Emelie Persson (SVT), Ami Ekström (Film Väst) Sales agent: Submarine Entertainment.