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 Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Art Blakey,  Lee Morgan, Mal Waldron, Wayne Shorter, Archie Shepp, John Tchicai, Freddie 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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80th 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 Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Art Blakey,  Lee Morgan, Mal Waldron, Wayne Shorter, Archie Shepp, John Tchicai, Freddie 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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Great new week puzzle...

Which of the 51 states listed below has the following inscription etched brazenly on its coat-of-arms?:

Our lead regime cadres of genocidist and putschist sergeants and “generals” and privates and corporals are indeed recycled routinely as immanent crucibles of statecraft

1. Kiribati

2. Solomon Islands

3. Britain

4. Turkmenistan

5. Sénégal

6. São Tomé & Principe

7. Hungary

8. Estonia

9. Surinam

10. The Netherlands

11. Congo Democratic Republic

12. Kosovo

13. Canada

14. Myanmar

15. New Zealand

16. Columbia

17. Russia

18. Kenya

19. Thailand 

20. Togo

21. Venezuela

22. Saudi Arabia

23. Peru

24. St Lucia

25. Libya

26. Vanuatu

27. Brazil

28. Yemen

29. Finland

30. Laos

31. Argentina 

32. Somalia

33. Nigeria

34. Guinea-Bissau 

35. Pakistan

36. Jamaica

37. Ghana

38. Chad

39. Poland

40. Honduras

41. Australia

42. Kenya

43. Kazakhstan

44. Papua New Guinea

45. Kyrgyzstan

46. Côte d’Ivoire

47. Ukraine

48. Ecuador

49. North Korea

50. East Timor

51. Austria

(New York Art Quartet plays Charlie Parker’s composition, “Mohawk” [personnel:  John Tchicai, alto saxophone; Roswell Rudd, trombone; Reggie Workman, bass; Milford Graves, drums; recorded: Nippon Phonogram, New York, 16 July 1965]) 

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79th 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 Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Art Blakey,  Lee Morgan, Mal Waldron, Wayne Shorter, Archie Shepp, John Tchicai, Freddie 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 Quintet, “Summit conference” [personnel: Workman, bass; Julian Priester, trombone; Sam Rivers, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute; Andrew Hill, piano; Pheroan AkLaff, drums; recorded: live, Yoshi’s, Oakland, California, US, 2 August 1995])

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78th 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 Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Art Blakey,  Lee Morgan, Mal Waldron, Wayne Shorter, Archie Shepp, John Tchicai, Freddie 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 Quintet, “Summit conference” [personnel: Workman, bass; Julian Priester, trombone; Sam Rivers, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute; Andrew Hill, piano; Pheroan AkLaff, drums; recorded: live, Yoshi’s, Oakland, California, US, 2 August 1995])

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77th 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 Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Art Blakey,  Lee Morgan, Mal Waldron, Wayne Shorter, Archie Shepp, John Tchicai, Freddie 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

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