Reggie Workman

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Reggie Workman
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Workman in 2016
Background information
Birth nameReginald Workman
Born (1937-06-26) June 26, 1937 (age 87)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
  • educator
InstrumentDouble bass
Labels
Website reggieworkmanmusic.com

Reginald Workman (born June 26, 1937) [1] is an American avant-garde jazz and hard bop double bassist, recognized for his work with both John Coltrane and Art Blakey, in addition to Alice Coltrane, Mal Waldron, Max Roach, Archie Shepp, Trio Three (with Oliver Lake and Andrew Cyrille), Trio Transition, the Reggie Workman Ensemble, and collaborative projects with dance, poetry and drama.

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Career

Early in his career, Workman worked in jazz groups led by Freddie Cole, Gigi Gryce, [2] Donald Byrd, Duke Jordan and Booker Little. In 1961, Workman joined the John Coltrane Quartet, [2] replacing Steve Davis. He was present for the saxophonist's Live at the Village Vanguard sessions, and also recorded with a second bassist (Art Davis) on the 1961 album, Olé Coltrane . Workman left Coltrane's group at the end of the year, following a European tour and recording Africa Brass.

In 1962, Workman joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers [2] (replacing long-time Blakey bassist Jymie Merritt), and worked alongside Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, and Cedar Walton for most of his time. Workman left Blakey's group in 1964. [2]

Workman also played with Freddie Cole, Lee Morgan, James Moody, Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Mann and Thelonious Monk. [2] He has recorded with Archie Shepp, Lee Morgan and David Murray. [1] Workman, with pianist Tommy Flanagan and drummer Joe Chambers, formed The Super Jazz Trio in 1978. [3]

As of 1987, he was [4] a professor at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City, and was a member of the group, Trio 3, with Oliver Lake and Andrew Cyrille. In 1984 he started an on-going performance arts collaborations with writer/director/choreographer Maya Milenovic Workman. Recent works include: "Dos Worlds" "Ophelia's Ocean" & "Guernica Continuum."

Personal life

Workman has three children, Nioka Workman (cellist), Olu Workman (entrepreneur), and Ayana Workman (actor/dancer/poet). Workman lived in Montclair, NJ from 1994 - 2005 and is currently a resident of Harlem, New York City. [5] [6]

Honors and awards

In 1997, Workman was named as the recipient of a Life Achievement Award by the Jazz Foundation of America and was awarded a citation of excellence by the International Association of Jazz Educators. [7] In 1999, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation presented him with its Living Legacy Award. [8] In 2020, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in music composition in collaboration with Maya Milenovic Workman [9] and was named by the National Endowment of the Arts an NEA Jazz Master. [7]

Discography

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Workman at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay CA 4/2/89

As leader/co-leader

With Trio Transition

With Trio 3

As supporting artist

With Juhani Aaltonen

With Roy Ayers

With Gary Bartz

With Art Blakey

With Hamiet Bluiett

With The Bridgewater Brothers

With Roy Brooks

With Marion Brown

With Donald Byrd

With Don Byron

With Steve Cohn

With Earl Coleman

With Johnny Coles

With Adegoke Steve Colson

With Alice Coltrane

With John Coltrane

With Stanley Cowell

With Marilyn Crispell

With Andrew Cyrille

With Sussan Deyhim

With Bill Dixon

With Eric Dolphy

With Booker Ervin

With Mario Escalera

With Chris Fagan

With Art Farmer

With Sonny Fortune

With Hal Galper

With Grant Green

With Gigi Gryce

With Billy Harper

With Andrew Hill

With Terumasa Hino

With Takehiro Honda

With Freddie Hubbard

With Bobby Hutcherson

With The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

With Elvin Jones

With Clifford Jordan

With Duke Jordan

With Oliver Lake

With Yusef Lateef

With Booker Little

With Living Colour

With Herbie Mann

With Miya Masaoka

With Cristina Mazza

With Ken McIntyre

With Roscoe Mitchell

With Grachan Moncur III

With James Moody

With Lee Morgan

With David Murray

With New York Art Quartet

With Dave Pike

With Sam Rivers

With Max Roach

With Charlie Rouse

With Hilton Ruiz

With Pharoah Sanders

With Ellen May Shashoyan

With Archie Shepp

With Wayne Shorter

With Sonny Simmons

With Heiner Stadler

With Sonny Stitt

With Monnette Sudler

With Aki Takase

With Horace Tapscott

With John Tchicai and Andrew Cyrille

With Charles Tolliver

With Mickey Tucker

With Edward Vesala

With Mal Waldron

With Cedar Walton

With Tyrone Washington

With Richard Williams

With Frank Wright

With Attila Zoller

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  1. 1 2 "Reggie Workman | Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 439/440. ISBN   0-85112-580-8.
  3. ↑ Dryden, Ken "Tommy Flanagan's Super Jazz Trio – Condado Beach". AllMusic. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ "The New School > College of Performing Arts > Jazz > Faculty > Reginald Workman". newschool.edu. The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. p. 1. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ Ebbels, Kelly. "Sonia Sanchez to read alongside Montclair musicians", The Montclair Times, March 21, 2013, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 30, 2013. Accessed September 18, 2017. "A jazz-and-poetry-infused fundraising event for the Montclair Academy of Dance and Laboratory of Music (MADLOM) will bring together the poet laureate of Philadelphia, Sonia Sanchez, to read alongside jazz musicians, including former Montclair resident and John Coltrane band mate Reggie Workman at the Montclair Public Library, 50 South Fullerton Ave., this Saturday evening, March 23."
  6. ↑ "The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats", The Star-Ledger , September 28, 2003, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2008. Accessed September 15, 2017. "Reggie Workman -- This bass dynamo, active in post-bop and avant-garde circles, lives in Montclair."
  7. 1 2 "Reggie Workman: Bio". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Reggie Workman – 1999 Living Legacy Awardee". Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Reggie Workman". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
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