Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This weekend Alto Sax player Frank Morgan brought his soulful, sweet jazz to the Bird of Paradise.

Heroin ruins everything, yet again, in N.C. Heikin’s hurtin’ beauty of a doc. The subject is West Coast alto sax hero Frank Morgan, an upstart Crescent Avenue teen player at bop’s height — and, like ...

The irrepressible alto sax man Frank Morgan just keeps a cookin' and a cookin'. He's still vibrantly recording and gigging into his 70s and has lost nary a step, as evinced by a pair of excellent ...

Frank Morgan is unquestionably a name synonymous with bebop. Since his well publicized re-emergence on the jazz scene in 1985, the veteran alto saxophonist has kept the flames of a bygone era burning ...

Frank Morgan, a bebop-jazz sax player who modeled his playing style after Charlie Parker's, died Dec. 14 at age 73. After some early successes, Morgan succumbed to heroin addiction, which led to 30 ...

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An absorbing documentary about a gifted alto sax player and Charlie Parker's protégée, Frank Morgan. Packed with thrilling music, this hyper-emotional event forms the backbone of this riveting film.