Bennie Maupin

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Bennie Maupin, 30th Detroit International Jazz Festival

Bennie Maupin (born August 29, 1940)<ref name="LarkinGE">Template:Cite book</ref> is an American jazz multireedist who performs on various saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Biography

Maupin was born in Detroit, Michigan.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> 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.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Maupin has collaborated with Horace Silver, Roy Haynes, McCoy Tyner, Lee Morgan, Marion Brown, and many others.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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. In 1970, he became a practitioner of Buddhism.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Maupin was a member of Almanac, a group with Cecil McBee (bass), Mike Nock (piano) and Eddie Marshall (drums).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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Maupin (far right) with the Headhunters in 1974

Maupin lost his home, instruments, and other belongings in the Eaton Fire in January 2025.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Discography

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As leader/co-leader

• The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM, 1974)
• Slow Traffic to the Right (Mercury, 1977)
• Moonscapes (Mercury, 1978)
• Driving While Black with Patrick Gleeson (Intuition, 1998)
• Penumbra (Cryptogramophone, 2006)
• Early Reflections (Cryptogramophone, 2008)
• Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef with Adam Rudolph (Strut, 2022)

With Almanac (Maupin, Mike Nock, Cecil McBee, Eddie Marshall)

• Almanac (Improvising Artists, 1977) – recorded in 1967

As sideman

With John Beasley

• Positootly! (Resonance, 2009)

With Marion Brown

• Marion Brown Quartet (ESP-Disk, 1966)
• Juba-Lee (Fontana, 1967)
• Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (ECM, 1970)

With George Cables

• Shared Secrets (MuseFX, 2001)

With Mike Clark

• Actual Proof (Platform Recordings, 2000)

With Miles Davis

• Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970)
• Jack Johnson (Columbia, 1971)
• On the Corner (Columbia, 1972)
• Big Fun (Columbia, 1974)

With Chick Corea

• Is (Solid State, 1969)
• Sundance (Groove Merchant, 1972) - recorded in 1969
• The Complete "Is" Sessions (Blue Note, 2002) - compilation

With Jack DeJohnette

• The DeJohnette Complex (Milestone, 1969) - recorded in 1968
• Have You Heard? (Milestone, 1970)

With Patrick Gleeson and Jim Lang

• Jazz Criminal (Electronic Musical Industries, 2007)

With Herbie Hancock

• Mwandishi (Warner Bros., 1971)
• Crossings (Warner Bros., 1972)
• Sextant (Columbia, 1973)
• Head Hunters (Columbia, 1973)
• Thrust (Columbia, 1974)
• Flood (CBS/Sony, 1975)
• Man-Child (Columbia, 1975)
• Secrets (Columbia, 1976)
• VSOP (Columbia, 1976)
• Sunlight (Columbia, 1978)
• Directstep (CBS/Sony, 1979)
• Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (Columbia, 1979)
• Mr. Hands (Columbia, 1980)
• Dis Is da Drum (Mercury, 1994)

With The Headhunters

• Survival of the Fittest (Arista, 1975)
• Straight from the Gate (Arista, 1977)
• Return of the Headhunters (Verve, 1998)

With Eddie Henderson

• Realization (Capricorn, 1973)
• Inside Out (Capricorn, 1974)
• Sunburst (Blue Note, 1975)
• Mahal (Capitol, 1978)

With Andrew Hill

• One for One (Blue Note, 1975) – recorded in 1970

With Freddie Hubbard

• High Blues Pressure (Atlantic, 1968)

With Lee Morgan

• Caramba! (Blue Note, 1968)
• Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1970)
• Taru (Blue Note, 1980) – recorded in 1968

With Darek Oleszkiewicz

• Like a Dream (Cryptogramophone, 2004)

With the Jimmy Owens-Kenny Barron Quintet

• You Had Better Listen (Atlantic, 1967)

With Woody Shaw

• Blackstone Legacy (Contemporary, 1970)
• Song of Songs (Contemporary, 1972)

With Horace Silver

• Serenade to a Soul Sister (Blue Note, 1968)
• You Gotta Take a Little Love (Blue Note, 1969)

With Lonnie Smith

• Turning Point (Blue Note, 1969)

With Jarosław Śmietana

• A Story of Polish Jazz (JSR, 2004)

With McCoy Tyner

• Tender Moments (Blue Note, 1968)
• Together (Milestone, 1978)

With Lenny White

• Big City (Nemperor, 1977)

With Meat Beat Manifesto

• Actual Sounds + Voices (Nothing, 1998)