Bennie Maupin



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

He is 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, Woody Shaw, Lee Morgan and many others. He has 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.

Maupin was a member of Almanac, a group with Cecil McBee (bass), Mike Nock (piano) and Eddie Marshall (drums).



As leader

 * 1974: The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM)
 * 1977: Slow Traffic to the Right (Mercury)
 * 1978: Moonscapes (Mercury)
 * 1998: Driving While Black with Patrick Gleeson (Intuition)
 * 2006: Penumbra (Cryptogramophone)
 * 2008: Early Reflections (Cryptogramophone)

As sideman
With John Beasley With Marion Brown With Mike Clark With Miles Davis With Jack DeJohnette With Herbie Hancock With The Headhunters With Eddie Henderson With Andrew Hill With Lee Morgan With Darek Oleszkiewicz With the Jimmy Owens-Kenny Barron Quintet With Woody Shaw With Horace Silver With Lonnie Smith With McCoy Tyner With Lenny White With Patrick Gleeson and Jim Lang (Electronic Musical Industries, 2008)
 * Positootly!
 * Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (ECM, 1970)
 * Juba Lee
 * Actual Proof
 * Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970)
 * A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971)
 * On the Corner (Columbia, 1972)
 * Big Fun (Columbia, 1974)
 * Have You Heard?
 * Mwandishi (1971)
 * Crossings (1972)
 * Sextant (1972)
 * Head Hunters (1973)
 * Thrust (1974)
 * Flood (1975)
 * Man-Child (1975)
 * Secrets (1976)
 * VSOP (1976)
 * Dis Is da Drum (1994)
 * Survival of the Fittest (1975)
 * Straight from the Gate (1977)
 * Return of the Headhunters (1998)
 * Realization (Capricorn, 1973)
 * Inside Out (Capricorn, 1974)
 * Sunburst (Blue Note, 1975)
 * Mahal (Capitol, 1978)
 * One for One (Blue Note, 1965)
 * Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1970)
 * Caramba! (Blue Note, 1968)
 * Taru (Blue Note, 1980)
 * Like a Dream
 * You Had Better Listen (Atlantic, 1967)
 * Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary, 1970)
 * Song of Songs (Contemporary, 1972)
 * Serenade to a Soul Sister (Blue Note, 1968)
 * You Gotta Take a Little Love (Blue Note, 1969)
 * Turning Point (Blue Note, 1969)
 * Tender Moments (Blue Note, 1968)
 * Together (Milestone, 1978)
 * Big City
 * Jazz Criminal