Full Review: I CALLED HIM MORGAN (Sweden/USA 2016) ***

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i_called_him_morganDirector: Kasper Collin
Writer: Kasper Collin
Stars: Lee Morgan, Helen Morgan, Wayne Shorter

Review by Gilbert Seah

The film begins with the voice of a radio dj, describing the weather of the fateful stormy night in February of 1972, when the talented and much celebrated jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan was shot dead by his wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the music community, and the memory of the event still haunts those who knew the Morgans.

This documentary by Swedish filmmaker Kasper Collin (MY ANME IS ALBERT AYLER) is a love letter to two unique personalities and the music that brought them together. The film title implies that it is a twin story of two people – Lee Morgan and the woman, Helen who utters the…

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