Bennie Maupin

Bennie Maupin is an American jazz composer and multi-instrumentalist who performs on bass clarinet, saxophones, and flute. His harmonically advanced "outside" improvisation style is balanced by a folk-like melodic sensibility. While best-known for playing a key role on Miles Davis' seminal Bitches Brew, Maupin was also a founding member of Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi and Head Hunters bands. A prolific sideman, his playing appears on hundreds of recordings. His leader debut, Jewel in the Lotus, appeared from ECM in 1974, followed by the futurist jazz-funk dates Slow Traffic to t...