Tuesday 26 June 2018

81st birthday of Reggie Workman

(Born 26 June 1937, Philadelphia, US)
VERSATILE and celebrated bassist with an expansive collaborative recording register that includes ensembles led by John ColtraneThelonious MonkMax RoachArt Blakey,  Lee MorganMal WaldronWayne ShorterArchie SheppJohn TchicaiFreddie Hubbard and David Murray; band leader, composer, academic whose outstanding music education initiatives stretch beyond the confines of the academy to address varying community needs and aspirations particularly those involving the youth
(Reggie Workman Quartet, “Evolution” [personnel: Workman, bass; Sam Rivers, soprano saxophone; Geri Allen, piano; Gerry Hemingway, drums; recorded: Sound on Sound, New York, US, 27/28 April 1995])
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