American jazz double bassist
Reggie Workman
Workman in 2016
Birth name Reginald Workman Born (1937-06-26 ) June 26, 1937 (age 86)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , U.S.Genres
Jazz ,
avant-garde jazz ,
hard bop Occupation(s) Musician, composer Instrument(s) Double bass Labels
Soul Note ,
Evidence , Baybridge,
Prestige ,
Postcards ,
Leo ,
Music & Arts Website
reggieworkmanmusic .com
Musical artist
Reginald "Reggie " Workman (born June 26, 1937, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania )
[1] is an American
avant-garde jazz and
hard bop double bassist, recognized for his work with both
John Coltrane and
Art Blakey .
Career
Early in his career, Workman worked in jazz groups led by
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.
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 in the Jazz Messengers. Workman left Blakey's group in 1964.
[2]
Workman also played with
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 2016, 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 .
Personal life
Workman has been a resident of
Montclair, New Jersey .
[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
[9] and was named an
NEA Jazz Master .
[7]
Discography
Workman at
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society , Half Moon Bay CA 4/2/89
As leader/co-leader
With Trio Transition
With
Trio 3
Live in Willisau (Dizim, 1997)
Encounter (Passin' Thru, 2000)
Open Ideas (Palmetto, 2002)
Time Being (Intakt, 2006)
Wha's Nine: Live at the Sunset (Marge, 2008)
Berne Concert with Irene Schweizer (Intakt, 2009)
At This Time (Intakt, 2009)
Celebrating Mary Lou Williams–Live at Birdland New York with Geri Allen (Intakt, 2011)
Refraction – Breakin' Glass (Intakt, 2013)
Wiring (Intakt, 2014)
Visiting Texture (Intakt, 2017)
As sideman
With
Juhani Aaltonen
Strings Revisited (Tum, 2002)
Reflections (Tum, 2004) with
Andrew Cyrille
Prana / Live at Groovy (Leo, 1982)
With
Roy Ayers
With
Gary Bartz
With
Art Blakey
With
Hamiet Bluiett
Orchestra Duet and Septet (Chiaroscuro, 1977)
With The Bridgewater Brothers
Lightning and Thunder (Denon, 1977)
Generation Suite (Denon, 1978)
With
Roy Brooks
Ethnic Expressions (Im-Hotep, 1973)
Live At Town Hall (Baystate, 1978)
With
Marion Brown
Vista (Impulse!, 1975)
Passion Flower (Baystate, 1978)
With
Donald Byrd
With
Don Byron
With Steve Cohn
Shapes, Sounds, Theories (Cadence Jazz, 1984)
Bridge Over the X-Stream (Leo, 1999)
With
Earl Coleman
Manhattan Serenade (1968)
With
Johnny Coles
With Adegoke Steve Colson
The Untarnished Dream (Silver Sphinx, 2009)
With
Alice Coltrane
With
John Coltrane
Africa/Brass (Impulse!, 1961)
Ole Coltrane (Atlantic, 1961)
The Complete Copenhagen Concert (Magnetic, 1961)
Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard (Impulse!, 1961 [1962])
The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (Impulse!, 1961 [1997]) – contains recordings also on Impressions and the above release
Newport '63 (Impulse!, 1961 [1993])
Ballads (Impulse!, 1961-1962 [1963])
Impressions (Impulse!, 1961–1963 [1963])
Live Trane: The European Tours (Pablo, 1961-1963 [2001])
So Many Things: The European Tour 1961 (Acrobat, 1961 [2015])
Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy (Impulse!, 1961 [2023])
With
Stanley Cowell
With
Marilyn Crispell
With
Andrew Cyrille
With
Sussan Deyhim
Madman of God: Divine Love Songs of the Persian Sufi Masters (Cramworld, 2000)
Shy Angels: Reconstruction and Mix Translation of Madman of God (Cramworld, 2002) with
Bill Laswell
With
Bill Dixon
With
Eric Dolphy
Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise (Natasha, 1961)
With
Booker Ervin
With Mario Escalera
Blue Mondays (Phoenix, 1981)
With Chris Fagan
Lost Bohemia (Open Minds, 1992)
With
Art Farmer
With
Sonny Fortune
Awakening (Horizon, 1975)
In the Spirit of John Coltrane (Shanachie, 2000)
With
Hal Galper
With
Grant Green
With
Gigi Gryce
With
Billy Harper
With
Andrew Hill
With
Terumasa Hino
Love Nature (Canyon/Love, 1971)
Peace and Love (Canyon/Love, 1971)
A Part (Canyon/Love, 1971)
Double Rainbow (CBS/Sony, 1981)
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
Monk's Japanese Folk Song (Dizim, 1997)
With Cristina Mazza
Where Are You? (Il Posto, 1989)
With
Ken McIntyre
Home (SteepleChase, 1975)
With
Roscoe Mitchell
With
Grachan Moncur III
With
James Moody
Running The Gamut (Scepter, 1965)
With
Lee Morgan
With
David Murray
With
New York Art Quartet
With
Dave Pike
With
Sam Rivers
With
Max Roach
Nommo (Victor, 1976)
Live in Tokyo (Denon, 1977)
The Loadstar (Horo, 1977)
Live in Amsterdam (Baystate, 1977)
With
Charlie Rouse
We Paid Our Dues! (Epic, 1961)
With
Hilton Ruiz
With
Pharoah Sanders
With Ellen May Shashoyan
Song For My Father (New Ark, 1989)
With
Archie Shepp
With
Wayne Shorter
With
Sonny Simmons
With
Heiner Stadler
With
Sonny Stitt
Moonlight in Vermont (Denon, 1977)
With
Monnette Sudler
Other Side of the Gemini (Hardly, 1988)
With
Aki Takase
Clapping Music (Enja, 1995)
With
Horace Tapscott
With
John Tchicai and
Andrew Cyrille
Witch's Scream (TUM, 2006)
With
Charles Tolliver
With
Mickey Tucker
Blues in Five Dimensions (SteepleChase, 1989)
With
Edward Vesala
With
Mal Waldron
Up Popped the Devil (Enja, 1973)
Breaking New Ground (Baybridge 1983)
Mal Waldron Plays Eric Satie (Baybridge, 1983)
You and the Night and the Music (Paddle Wheel, 1983)
The Git Go - Live at the Village Vanguard (Soul Note, 1986)
The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Soul Note, 1986)
The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil (Paddle Wheel, 1987)
Crowd Scene (Soul Note, 1989)
Where Are You? (Soul Note, 1989)
My Dear Family (Evidence, 1993)
Soul Eyes (BMG, 1997)
With
Cedar Walton
With
Tyrone Washington
With
Richard Williams
With
Frank Wright
Kevin, My Dear Son (Sun, 1979)
With
Attila Zoller
Gypsy Cry (Embryo Records, 1970)
References
^
a
b
"Reggie Workman | Biography & History" .
AllMusic . Retrieved August 3, 2021 .
^
a
b
c
d
e
Colin Larkin , ed. (1992).
The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.).
Guinness Publishing . pp. 439/440.
ISBN
0-85112-580-8 .
^ Dryden, Ken
"Tommy Flanagan's Super Jazz Trio – Condado Beach" .
AllMusic . Retrieved March 16, 2017.
^
"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 .
^ 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."
^
"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."
^
a
b
"Reggie Workman: Bio" . National Endowment for the Arts . Retrieved January 11, 2022 .
^
"Reggie Workman – 1999 Living Legacy Awardee" . Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation . Retrieved January 11, 2022 .
^
"Reggie Workman" . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . Retrieved January 11, 2022 .
^
"Blogger" . Accounts.google.com . Retrieved August 3, 2021 .
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