Bennie Maupin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bennie Maupin

Musician, composer

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1940

Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Profession: clarinetist, saxophonist, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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 Hancock's Mwandishi sextet and Headhunters band, and for performing on Miles Davis's 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).