Reggie Workman
Workman in 2016
Background information
Born	Reginald Workman (1937-06-26)June 26, 1937 (age 88) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Jazz avant-garde jazz hard bop
Occupations	Musician composer educator
Instrument	Double bass
Labels	Soul Note Evidence Baybridge Prestige Postcards Leo Music & Arts
Website	reggieworkmanmusic.com

Reginald "Reggie" Workman (born June 26, 1937)^[1] is an Americanavant-garde jazz andhard bop double bassist, recognized for his work with bothJohn Coltrane andArt Blakey, in addition toAlice Coltrane,Mal Waldron,Max Roach,Archie Shepp, Trio Three (withOliver Lake andAndrew Cyrille), Trio Transition, the Reggie Workman Ensemble, and collaborative projects with dance, poetry and drama.

Early in his career, Workman worked in jazz groups led byFreddie Cole,Gigi Gryce,^[2]Donald Byrd,Duke Jordan andBooker Little. In 1961, Workman joined theJohn Coltrane Quartet,^[2] replacingSteve Davis. He was present for the saxophonist'sLive 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 recordingAfrica Brass.

In 1962, Workman joinedArt Blakey'sJazz Messengers^[2] (replacing long-time Blakey bassistJymie Merritt), and worked alongsideFreddie Hubbard,Wayne Shorter, andCedar 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 andThelonious Monk.^[2] He has recorded withArchie Shepp,Lee Morgan andDavid Murray.^[1] Workman, with pianistTommy Flanagan and drummerJoe Chambers, formed The Super Jazz Trio in 1978.^[3]

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

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

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

• 1977:Conversation withCecil Bridgewater,Slide Hampton,George Adams,Albert Dailey,Michael Carvin, Lawrence Killian (Denon, 1979)
• 1978:The Works of Workman (Denon, 1979)
• 1986:Synthesis (Leo)
• 1989:Images (Music & Arts)
• 1993:Altered Spaces (Leo)
• 1994:Summit Conference (Postcards)
• 1995:Cerebral Caverns (Postcards)

With the Super Jazz Trio

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

With Trio Transition

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

WithTrio 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)

WithJuhani Aaltonen

• Strings Revisited (Tum, 2002)
• Reflections (Tum, 2004) withAndrew Cyrille
• Prana / Live at Groovy (Leo, 1982)

WithRoy Ayers

• Virgo Vibes (Atlantic, 1967)

WithGary Bartz

• Another Earth (Milestone, 1969)

WithArt Blakey

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

WithHamiet Bluiett

• Orchestra Duet and Septet (Chiaroscuro, 1977)

With The Bridgewater Brothers

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

WithRoy Brooks

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

WithMarion Brown

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

WithDonald Byrd

• Byrd in Flight (Blue Note, 1960)

WithDon Byron

• Tuskegee Experiments (Nonesuch, 1990-91 [1992])

With Steve Cohn

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

WithEarl Coleman

• Manhattan Serenade (1968)

WithJohnny Coles

• Katumbo (Mainstream, 1971)

WithAdegoke Steve Colson

• The Untarnished Dream (Silver Sphinx, 2009)

WithAlice Coltrane

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

WithJohn 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 onImpressions 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])

WithStanley Cowell

• Brilliant Circles (Freedom, 1972)
• Such Great Friends (1983)^[10] withBilly Harper andBilly Hart

WithMarilyn Crispell

• 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)

WithAndrew Cyrille

• My Friend Louis (DIW, 1992)

WithSussan 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) withBill Laswell

WithBill Dixon

• Intents and Purposes (RCA, 1967)

WithEric Dolphy

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

WithBooker Ervin

• The Space Book (Prestige, 1964)
• The Trance (Prestige, 1965)
• Setting the Pace (Prestige, 1965) – withDexter Gordon

With Mario Escalera

• Blue Mondays (Phoenix, 1981)

With Chris Fagan

• Lost Bohemia (Open Minds, 1992)

WithArt Farmer

• New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy (Scepter, 1966)

WithSonny Fortune

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

WithHal Galper

• Art-Work (Origin, 2008)

WithGrant Green

• Goin' West (Blue Note, 1962)

WithGigi Gryce

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

WithBilly Harper

• Capra Black (Strata-East, 1973)

WithAndrew Hill

• Grass Roots (Blue Note, 1968 [2000])

WithTerumasa Hino

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

WithTakehiro Honda

• Jodo (Trio, 1972)

WithFreddie Hubbard

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

WithBobby Hutcherson

• Patterns (Blue Note, 1968)

With TheJazz Composer's Orchestra

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

WithElvin Jones

• Brother John (1982)

WithClifford Jordan

• Hello, Hank Jones (Eastworld, 1978)

WithDuke Jordan

• Flight to Jordan (Blue Note, 1960)

WithOliver Lake

• Again and Again (Gramavision, 1991)
• Edge-ing (Black Saint, 1993)

WithYusef Lateef

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

WithBooker Little

• Booker Little and Friend (Bethlehem, 1961)

WithLiving Colour

• Time's Up (Epic, 1990)

WithHerbie Mann

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

WithMiya Masaoka

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

With Cristina Mazza

• Where Are You? (Il Posto, 1989)

WithKen McIntyre

• Home (SteepleChase, 1975)

WithRoscoe Mitchell

• In Walked Buckner (Delmark, 1999)

WithGrachan Moncur III

• Shadows (Denon, 1977)

WithJames Moody

• Running The Gamut (Scepter, 1965)

WithLee Morgan

• 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])

WithDavid Murray

• Morning Song (Black Saint, 1983)

WithNew York Art Quartet

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

WithDave Pike

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

WithSam Rivers

• Crystals (Verve, 1974)

WithMax Roach

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

WithCharlie Rouse

• We Paid Our Dues! (Epic, 1961)

WithHilton Ruiz

• Fantasia (Denon, 1977)

WithPharoah Sanders

• Karma (1969)

With Ellen May Shashoyan

• Song For My Father (New Ark, 1989)

WithArchie Shepp

• 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) withRoswell Rudd

WithWayne Shorter

• Night Dreamer (1964)
• JuJu (1964)
• Adam's Apple (1966)

WithSonny Simmons

• American Jungle (1997)

WithHeiner Stadler

• Brains on Fire (Labor Records, 1966–73)
• Ecstasy (Labor, 1973) withWalter Steffens
• A Tribute to Monk and Bird (Tomato, 1978) withThad Jones,George Adams,George Lewis,Stanley Cowell, andLenny White
• Jazz Alchemy (Tomato, 1989)

WithSonny Stitt

• Moonlight in Vermont (Denon, 1977)

WithMonnette Sudler

• Other Side of the Gemini (Hardly, 1988)

WithAki Takase

• Clapping Music (Enja, 1995)

WithHorace Tapscott

• Aiee! The Phantom (Arabesque, 1996)

WithJohn Tchicai andAndrew Cyrille

• Witch's Scream (TUM, 2006)

WithCharles Tolliver

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

WithMickey Tucker

• Blues in Five Dimensions (SteepleChase, 1989)

WithEdward Vesala

• Heavy Life (Leo, 1980)

WithMal 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)

WithCedar Walton

• Soul Cycle (Prestige, 1969)

WithTyrone Washington

• Natural Essence (1967)

WithRichard Williams

• New Horn in Town (Candid, 1960)

WithFrank Wright

• Kevin, My Dear Son (Sun, 1979)

WithAttila Zoller

• Gypsy Cry (Embryo Records, 1970)

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