An all-too-familiar story of a charismatic yet self-destructive artist is presented with sympathetic tact — and, better still, a relatively happy ending — in “Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan ...

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 ...

Connelly said that Morgan's family members, some of whom were in the audience at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul on Tuesday, had been very helpful in making the documentary, "Sound of Redemption," ...

Alto saxophonist Frank Morgan remains one of the coolest bebop players and an inspiration to all. The legend of his losing three decades of his musical career to drug abuse and incarceration, followed ...

Jazz alto saxophonist Frank Morgan, often referred to as Charlie Parker’s protege, had a rap sheet that would give supposed outlaw Johnny Cash a run for his money. A heroin addict, Morgan spent most ...

Jazz progressed rapidly during the 1950s and 1960s but be-bopper Frank Morgan mostly missed it because he was in jail, paying for the crimes he committed to support his heroin habit. Incredibly, when ...

N.C. Heikin’s documentary chronicles the rise and fall and rise of jazz saxophonist Frank Morgan, onetime heir apparent to Charlie Parker. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic Playing ...