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Reginald "Reggie" Workman (born June 26, 1937) is an American and double bassist, recognized for his work with both and , in addition to , , , , Trio Three (with and ), Trio Transition, the Reggie Workman Ensemble, and collaborative projects with dance, poetry and drama.


Career
Early in his career, Workman worked in jazz groups led by , ,
(1992). 9780851125800, Guinness Publishing.
, and . In 1961, Workman joined the Quartet, 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 .

In 1962, Workman joined 's Jazz Messengers (replacing long-time Blakey bassist ), and worked alongside , , and for most of his time. Workman left Blakey's group in 1964.

Workman also played with Freddie Cole, Lee Morgan, James Moody, , , and . He has recorded with , and David Murray. Workman, with pianist Tommy Flanagan and drummer , formed The Super Jazz Trio in 1978.Dryden, Ken "Tommy Flanagan's Super Jazz Trio – Condado Beach". . Retrieved March 16, 2017.

As of 1987, he was 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 and . 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.Ebbels, Kelly. "Sonia Sanchez to read alongside Montclair musicians", The Montclair Times, March 21, 2013, backed up by the 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", , September 28, 2003, backed up by the 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."


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. In 1999, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation presented him with its Living Legacy Award. In 2020, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in music composition in collaboration with Maya Milenovic Workman and was named by the National Endowment of the Arts an NEA Jazz Master.


Discography

As leader/co-leader

With the Super Jazz Trio

  • City with Hidefumi Toki (Baystate, 1978)
  • The Super Jazz Trio (Baystate, 1979) – rec. 1978
  • With (Baystate, 1979)
  • The Standard (Baystate, 1980)

With Trio Transition

  • (DIW, 1987)
  • Trio Transition with Special Guest Oliver Lake (DIW, 1988)

With Trio 3

  • Live in Willisau (Dizim, 1997)
  • Encounter (Passin' Thru, 2000)
  • (Palmetto, 2002)
  • Time Being (Intakt, 2006)
  • (Marge, 2008)
  • 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)
  • (Intakt, 2017)


As supporting artist
With
  • Strings Revisited (Tum, 2002)
  • Reflections (Tum, 2004) with
  • Prana / Live at Groovy (Leo, 1982)

With

With

  • Another Earth (Milestone, 1969)

With

  • Caravan (Riverside, 1963)
  • Ugetsu (Riverside, 1963)
  • Free for All (Blue Note, 1964)
  • Kyoto (Riverside, 1964)
  • Indestructible (Blue Note, 1964)
  • Golden Boy (, 1964)

With

  • Orchestra Duet and Septet (Chiaroscuro, 1977)

With The Bridgewater Brothers

  • Lightning and Thunder (Denon, 1977)
  • Generation Suite (Denon, 1978)

With

  • Ethnic Expressions (Im-Hotep, 1973)
  • Live At Town Hall (Baystate, 1978)

With

  • Vista (Impulse!, 1975)
  • Passion Flower (Baystate, 1978)

With

  • Byrd in Flight (Blue Note, 1960)

With

  • Tuskegee Experiments (Nonesuch, 1990-91 1992)

With Steve Cohn

  • Shapes, Sounds, Theories (Cadence Jazz, 1984)
  • Bridge Over the X-Stream (Leo, 1999)

With Earl Coleman

  • Manhattan Serenade (1968)

With

  • Katumbo (Mainstream, 1971)

With Adegoke Steve Colson

  • The Untarnished Dream (Silver Sphinx, 2009)

With

  • (Impulse!, 1972)
  • Transfiguration (Warner Bros. Master, 1978)

With

  • Africa/Brass (Impulse!, 1961)
  • (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)
  • (Pablo, 1961-1963 2001)
  • (Acrobat, 1961 2015)
  • (Impulse!, 1961 2023)

With

With

  • Gaia (Leo, 1988)
  • Live in San Francisco (Music & Arts, 1989)
  • Live in Zurich (Leo, 1990)
  • Circles (Les Disques Victo, 1991)
  • Highlights from the Summer of 1992 American Tour (Music & Arts, 1993)

With

  • My Friend Louis (DIW, 1992)

With

  • 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

With

  • Intents and Purposes (RCA, 1967)

With

  • Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise (Natasha, 1961)

With

  • The Trance (Prestige, 1965)
  • Setting the Pace (Prestige, 1965) – with

With Mario Escalera

  • Blue Mondays (Phoenix, 1981)

With Chris Fagan

  • Lost Bohemia (Open Minds, 1992)

With

  • (Scepter, 1966)

With

  • Awakening (Horizon, 1975)
  • In the Spirit of John Coltrane (Shanachie, 2000)

With

  • Art-Work (Origin, 2008)

With

  • Goin' West (Blue Note, 1962)

With

  • Saying Somethin'! (New Jazz, 1960)
  • Reminiscin' (Mercury, 1960)

With

With Andrew Hill

  • Grass Roots (Blue Note, 1968 2000)

With

  • Love Nature (Canyon/Love, 1971)
  • Peace and Love (Canyon/Love, 1971)
  • A Part (Canyon/Love, 1971)
  • Double Rainbow (CBS/Sony, 1981)

With

  • Jodo (Trio, 1972)

With

  • (Blue Note, 1962)
  • Here to Stay (Blue Note, 1962)
  • The Body & the Soul (Impulse!, 1964)
  • The Black Angel (Atlantic, 1970)

With

  • Patterns (Blue Note, 1968)

With The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

  • The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (JCOA, 1968)

With

  • Brother John (1982)

With

  • Hello, Hank Jones (Eastworld, 1978)

With

  • Flight to Jordan (Blue Note, 1960)

With

  • Again and Again (Gramavision, 1991)
  • (Black Saint, 1993)

With

  • 1984 (Impulse!, 1965)
  • (Impulse!, 1965)
  • A Flat, G Flat and C (Impulse!, 1966)

With

  • Booker Little and Friend (Bethlehem, 1961)

With

  • Time's Up (Epic, 1990)

With

  • Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966)
  • Impressions of the Middle East (Atlantic, 1966)
  • A Mann & A Woman (Atlantic, 1966) with
  • The Beat Goes On (Atlantic, 1967)
  • The Wailing Dervishes (Atlantic, 1967)
  • New Mann at Newport (Atlantic, 1967)

With

  • Monk's Japanese Folk Song (Dizim, 1997)

With Cristina Mazza

  • Where Are You? (Il Posto, 1989)

With Ken McIntyre

  • Home (SteepleChase, 1975)

With

  • In Walked Buckner (Delmark, 1999)

With Grachan Moncur III

  • Shadows (Denon, 1977)

With James Moody

  • Running The Gamut (Scepter, 1965)

With

  • Search For The New Land (Blue Note, 1964)
  • Infinity (Blue Note, 1965 1981)
  • Caramba! (blue Note, 1968)
  • Taru (Blue Note, 1968)
  • Live in Baltimore 1968 (Fresh Sound Records, 1968) with Clifford Jordan
  • The Last Session (Blue Note, 1971 1972)

With David Murray

  • Morning Song (Black Saint, 1983)

With New York Art Quartet

  • Mohawk (Fontana, 1965)
  • 35th Reunion (DIW, 2000)
  • Call It Art (Triple Point, 2013)

With

  • It's Time for Dave Pike (Riverside, 1961)

With Sam Rivers

  • Crystals (Verve, 1974)

With

  • Nommo (Victor, 1976)
  • Live in Tokyo (Denon, 1977)
  • The Loadstar (Horo, 1977)
  • Live in Amsterdam (Baystate, 1977)

With

  • We Paid Our Dues! (Epic, 1961)

With

  • Fantasia (Denon, 1977)

With

  • Karma (1969)

With Ellen May Shashoyan

  • Song For My Father (New Ark, 1989)

With

  • Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet (1962)
  • Four for Trane (Impulse!, 1964)
  • The Magic of Ju-Ju (Impulse!, 1967)
  • Ballads for Trane (Denon, 1977)
  • Live in New York (Verve, 2001) with

With

With

  • American Jungle (1997)

With

  • Brains on Fire (Labor Records, 1966–73)
  • Ecstasy (Labor, 1973) with Walter Steffens
  • A Tribute to Monk and Bird (Tomato, 1978) with , George Adams, George Lewis, , and
  • Jazz Alchemy (Tomato, 1989)

With

  • Moonlight in Vermont (Denon, 1977)

With

  • Other Side of the Gemini (Hardly, 1988)

With

  • Clapping Music (Enja, 1995)

With

  • Aiee! The Phantom (Arabesque, 1996)

With and

  • Witch's Scream (TUM, 2006)

With

  • Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival (Strata-East, 1973)
  • Impact (Strata-East, 1975)
  • (Half Note, 2008)

With

  • Blues in Five Dimensions (SteepleChase, 1989)

With

  • Heavy Life (Leo, 1980)

With

  • 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)
  • (Soul Note, 1989)
  • Where Are You? (Soul Note, 1989)
  • My Dear Family (Evidence, 1993)
  • Soul Eyes (BMG, 1997)

With

With Tyrone Washington

With Richard Williams

  • New Horn in Town (Candid, 1960)

With Frank Wright

  • Kevin, My Dear Son (Sun, 1979)

With

  • Gypsy Cry (Embryo Records, 1970)


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