I Called Him Morgan
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| Directed by | Kasper Collin |
| Written by | Kasper Collin |
| Produced by | Kasper Collin |
| Cinematography | Bradford Young, Erik Vallsten |
| Edited by | Hanna Lejonqvist, Eva Hillström, Dino Jonsäter, Kasper Collin |
| Music by | Lee Morgan and more |
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| Language | English |
I Called Him Morgan is a 2016 Swedish produced documentary film written and directed by Kasper Collin which offers an account of the life of jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, and his relationship with his common-law wife Helen Morgan, who killed him in February 1972.
The documentary was produced over a period of seven years, 2009 – 2016, including three years of editing.
Among the participants in I Called Him Morgan are Wayne Shorter, Jymie Merritt, Billy Harper, Judith Johnson, Bennie Maupin, Larry Ridley, Paul West, Larry Reni Thomas, Al Harrison, Charli Persip and Albert "Tootie" Heath.