Bennie Maupin
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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.
Maupin was also a member of Almanac, a group with Cecil McBee (bass), Mike Nock (piano) and Eddie Marshall (drums)..
Discography
As leader
- 1974: The Jewel in the Lotus
- 1977: Slow Traffic to the Right
- 1978: Moonscapes
- 1998: Driving While Black on Intuition with Patrick Gleeson
- 2004: Like a Dream with Adam Benjamin, Mark Ferber, Larry Koonse, Chuck Manning, Brad Mehldau, Darek Oles, Nate Wood
- 2006: Penumbra with Munyungo Jackson, Darek Oles, Michael Stephans
- 2008: Early Reflections
As sideman
With Herbie Hancock
- Mwandishi (1971)
- Crossings (1972)
- Sextant (1972)
- Head Hunters (1973)
- Thrust (1974)
- Flood (1975)
- Man-Child (1975)
- VSOP (1976)
- Dis Is Da Drum (1994)
With Miles Davis
With others
- Lee Morgan: "Live At The Lighthouse", "Caramba"
- Eddie Henderson: "Inside Out", "Equinox"
- McCoy Tyner: "Together", "Tender Moments"
- Marion Brown: "Juba Lee"
- Mike Clark: "Actual Proof"
- Horace Silver: "You Gotta Take A Little Love"
