Bennie Maupin

Bennie Maupin
Maupin in 2012
Maupin in 2012
Background information
Born (1940-08-29) August 29, 1940
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
Instruments
  • Bass clarinet
  • saxophone
  • flute
Years active1950s–present
Labels
Formerly of
Maupin at 30th Detroit International Jazz Festival

Bennie Maupin (born August 29, 1940)[1] is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who performs on various saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet.[2]

Biography

Maupin was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States.[1] 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.[1] Maupin has collaborated with Horace Silver, Roy Haynes, McCoy Tyner, Lee Morgan, Marion Brown, and many others.[3] Maupin 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, Maupin became a practitioner of Buddhism.[4]

Maupin was a member of Almanac, a group with Cecil McBee (bass), Mike Nock (piano) and Eddie Marshall (drums).[5]

Maupin lost his home, instruments, and other belongings in the Eaton Fire in January 2025.[6]

Discography

Source:[7]

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
Maupin (far right) with The Headhunters in 1974

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

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)

References

  1. ^ a b c Larkin, Colin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1644/5. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ "Bennie Maupin Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Gluck, Bob (August 15, 2012). You'll Know When You Get There. University of Chicago Press. p. 8. ISBN 9780226300047. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  4. ^ Haider, Shuja (April 28, 2019). "Bennie Maupin: The Jewel in the Lotus". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  5. ^ Lord, Tom (1992). The Jazz Discography. the University of Virginia: Lord Music Reference. p. 296. ISBN 9781881993223. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  6. ^ Donlevy, Katherine; Dana Kennedy; Chris Harris (January 11, 2025). "Exclusive | Six Californians describe terrifying moments they lost everything to LA wildfires: 'Like being in a war zone'". Nypost.com. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  7. ^ "Bennie Maupin discography". JazzLists.com. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
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