Bennie Maupin (born August 29, 1940) is an American jazz multireedist who performs on various saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet.
Maupin was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. 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 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).
Discography
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
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
Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970) Jack Johnson (Columbia, 1971) On the Corner (Columbia, 1972) Big Fun (Columbia, 1974)
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 1965-70
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)