Reggie Workman


Reginald "Reggie" Workman 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, 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, Donald Byrd, Duke Jordan and Booker Little. In 1961, Workman joined the John Coltrane Quartet, replacing Steve Davis. He was present for the saxophonist's Live at the Village Vanguard sessions, and also recorded with a second bassist 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, and worked alongside Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, and Cedar Walton for most of his time. Workman left Blakey's group in 1964.
Workman also played with Freddie Cole, Lee Morgan, James Moody, Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Mann and Thelonious Monk. He has recorded with Archie Shepp, Lee Morgan and David Murray. Workman, with pianist Tommy Flanagan and drummer Joe Chambers, formed The Super Jazz Trio in 1978.
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 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, Olu Workman, and Ayana Workman. Workman lived in Montclair, NJ from 1994 - 2005 and is currently a resident of Harlem, New York City.

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 TrioCity with Hidefumi Toki The Super Jazz Trio – rec. 1978Something Tasty With Art Farmer The Standard
With Trio Transition
With Trio 3

As supporting artist

With Juhani AaltonenStrings Revisited Reflections with Andrew CyrillePrana / Live at Groovy
With Roy AyersVirgo Vibes
With Gary BartzAnother Earth
With Art BlakeyCaravan Ugetsu Free for All Kyoto Indestructible Golden Boy
With Hamiet BluiettOrchestra Duet and Septet
With The Bridgewater BrothersLightning and Thunder Generation Suite
With Roy BrooksEthnic Expressions Live At Town Hall
With Marion Brown
With Donald ByrdByrd in Flight
With Don ByronTuskegee Experiments
With Steve CohnShapes, Sounds, Theories Bridge Over the X-Stream
With Earl Coleman
  • Manhattan Serenade
With Johnny Coles
With Adegoke Steve ColsonThe Untarnished Dream
With Alice ColtraneWorld Galaxy Transfiguration
With John Coltrane
With Stanley Cowell
With Marilyn CrispellGaia Live in San Francisco Live in Zurich Circles Highlights from the Summer of 1992 American Tour
With Andrew CyrilleMy Friend Louis
With Sussan DeyhimMadman of God: Divine Love Songs of the Persian Sufi Masters Shy Angels: Reconstruction and Mix Translation of Madman of God with Bill Laswell
With Bill DixonIntents and Purposes
With Eric DolphySoftly, As in a Morning Sunrise
With Booker Ervin
With Mario EscaleraBlue Mondays
With Chris FaganLost Bohemia
With Art FarmerNew York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy
With Sonny Fortune
With Hal GalperArt-Work
With Grant Green
With Gigi Gryce
With Billy Harper
With Andrew Hill
With Terumasa HinoLove Nature Peace and Love A Part Double Rainbow
With Takehiro Honda
  • Jodo
With Freddie Hubbard
With Bobby Hutcherson
With The Jazz Composer's OrchestraThe Jazz Composer's Orchestra
With Elvin JonesBrother John
With Clifford Jordan
With Duke Jordan
With Oliver Lake
With Yusef Lateef
With Booker Little
With Living ColourTime's Up
With Herbie Mann
With Miya MasaokaMonk's Japanese Folk Song
With Cristina MazzaWhere Are You?
With Ken McIntyre
With Roscoe Mitchell
With Grachan Moncur IIIShadows
With James MoodyRunning The Gamut
With Lee Morgan
With David MurrayMorning Song
With New York Art Quartet
With Dave Pike
With Sam RiversCrystals
With Max RoachNommo Live in Tokyo The Loadstar Live in Amsterdam
With Charlie RouseWe Paid Our Dues!
With Hilton RuizFantasia
With Pharoah Sanders
With Ellen May ShashoyanSong For My Father
With Archie Shepp
With Wayne Shorter
With Sonny Simmons
  • American Jungle
With Heiner StadlerBrains on Fire Ecstasy with Walter SteffensA Tribute to Monk and Bird with Thad Jones, George Adams, George Lewis, Stanley Cowell, and Lenny WhiteJazz Alchemy
With Sonny StittMoonlight in Vermont
With Monnette SudlerOther Side of the Gemini
With Aki TakaseClapping Music
With Horace Tapscott
With John Tchicai and Andrew Cyrille Witch's Scream
With Charles Tolliver
With Mickey TuckerBlues in Five Dimensions
With Edward VesalaHeavy Life
With Mal Waldron
With Cedar Walton
With Tyrone Washington
With Richard Williams
With Frank WrightKevin, My Dear Son
With Attila Zoller
  • ''Gypsy Cry''