Bennie Maupin

Bennie Maupin (born 29 August 1940) is a Detroit jazz multireedist. He performs on various saxophones, flute and bass clarinet.

He is probably best 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 and many others. He has also performed on several Meat Beat Manifesto albums. 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. As a composer, he has an ability to create brief melodies and song forms that create vast landscapes for improvisation.

Discography

As a leader

* "Early Reflections"
* "Penumbra"
* "The Maupin/Williams Project" with John B. Williams
* "Driving While Black"
* Almanac - Project with Cecil McBee and others, see Almanac (Jazz).
* "Moonscapes"
* "The Jewel in the Lotus"
* "Slow Traffic to the Right"

As a sideman

* Lee Morgan: "Live At The Lighthouse", "Caramba"
* Miles Davis: "Bitches Brew", "A Tribute To Jack Johnson", "Big Fun", "On The Corner"
* Herbie Hancock: "Mwandishi", "Crossings", "Sextant", "Dis Is Da Drum"
* Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters: "Head Hunters", Thrust, "Man-Child", "Secrets", "V.S.O.P.", "Sunlight"
* Eddie Henderson: "Inside Out", "Equinox"
* McCoy Tyner: "Together", "Tender Moments"
* Marion Brown: "Juba Lee"
* Mike Clark: "Actual Proof"
* Head Hunters: "Survival of the Fittest"
* Horace Silver: "You Gotta Take A Little Love"

External links

* [http://www.benniemaupin.com Official site]