Bennie Maupin

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Born: Detroit, Michigan, USA

BIOGRAPHY

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 Hancocks Mwandishi sextet and Headhunters band, and for performing on Miles Daviss 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).

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