I Called Him Morgan (2016)
• September 5th, 2016 • 1h 31min
Music, Documentary, History
Overview
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.
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