Bennie Maupin

Bennie Maupin
Born: Aug 29, 1940 in Detroit, MI
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Styles: Fusion, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Free Jazz, Modal Music, Avant-Garde
Biography: Bennie Maupin is best-known for his association with Herbie Hancock and his atmospheric bass clarinet playing on Miles Davis' classic Bitches Brew album. Maupin started playing tenor in high school and attended the Detroit Institute for Musical Arts, playing locally in Detroit. He moved to New York in ...Read full biography
Early Reflections
Released: 2008
Label: Cryptogramophon
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Bennie Maupin's Cryptogramophone label follow-up CD to Penumbra both parallels and provides a departure from that excellent effort. What is similar is the softer tone Maupin is displaying in his far post- ...Read full review
The Jewel in the Lotus
Released: 1974
Label: ECM
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Jazz -funk fans must have been taken aback when multi-instrumentalist and composer Bennie Maupin's Jewel in the Lotus was released by Manfred Eicher's ECM imprint in 1974. For starters, it sounded nothing ...Read full review
More Bennie Maupin albums: Main Albums (6)
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