Bennie Maupin

Bennie Maupin (born 29 August 1940) is a Detroit Michigan jazz multireedist. He performs on various saxophones, flute and bass clarinet.

He is probably best 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 and many others. He has also 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. As a composer, he has an ability to create brief melodies and song forms that create vast landscapes for improvisation.

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

As leader

 * 1974: The Jewel in the Lotus
 * 1977: Slow Traffic to the Right
 * 1978: Moonscapes
 * 1998: Driving While Black on Intuition with Patrick Gleeson
 * 2006: Penumbra
 * 2008: Early Reflections

As sideman
With John Beasley With Marion Brown With Mike Clark With Miles Davis With Jack DeJohnette With Herbie Hancock With Headhunters With Eddie Henderson With Lee Morgan With Darek Oles With Horace Silver With Lonnie Smith With McCoy Tyner With Lenny White
 * Positootly!
 * Afternoon of a Georgia Faun (ECM, 1970)
 * Juba Lee
 * Actual Proof
 * Bitches Brew (1970)
 * A Tribute to Jack Johnson (1971)
 * On the Corner (1972)
 * Big Fun (1974)
 * Have You Heard?
 * Mwandishi (1971)
 * Crossings (1972)
 * Sextant (1972)
 * Head Hunters (1973)
 * Thrust (1974)
 * Flood (1975)
 * Man-Child (1975)
 * Secrets (1976)
 * VSOP (1976)
 * Dis Is da Drum (1994)
 * Return of the Headhunters (1998)
 * Inside Out
 * Equinox
 * Sunburst (Blue Note, 1975)
 * Live at the Lighthouse
 * Caramba!
 * Like a Dream
 * Serenade to a Soul Sister (Blue Note, 1968)
 * You Gotta Take a Little Love (Blue Note, 1969)
 * Turning Point (Blue Note, 1969)
 * Tender Moments (Blue Note, 1968)
 * Together (Milestone, 1978)
 * Big City