Bennie Maupin, Bennie Maupin Quartet

Featuring: Bennie Maupin - woodwind/piano; Carl Orr - guitar; Larry Bartley - bass; Rod Youngs - drums.

Bennie Maupin is best known for his atmospheric bass clarinet playing on Miles Davis' classic Bitches Brew album, as well as other Miles Davis recordings such as Big Fun, Jack Johnson and On the Corner. He was a founding member of Herbie Hancock's seminal band The Headhunters, as well as a performer and composer in Hancock's influential Mwandishi band.

Maupin's own discography as a leader includes a well-received recording for ECM Records, The Jewel in The Lotus (1974), Slow Traffic to the Right (Mercury 1976), Moonscapes (Mercury 1978), and Driving While Black (Intuition 1998). The instrumentation of Maupin's current group The Bennie Maupin Ensemble harkens back to the tradition of great saxophone-bass-drum trios such as the group led by Sonny Rollins with Wilbur Ware and Elvin Jones.