Reginald "Reggie" Workman (born June 26, 1937 in

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) is an American avant-garde jazz and hard bop double bassist, recognized for his work with both John Coltrane and

Art Blakey Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the ...

Career

Early in his career, Workman worked in jazz groups led by Gigi Gryce,

Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop ...

, 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 ( Art Davis) on the 1961 album, '' Olé Coltrane''. Workman left Coltrane's group at the end of the year, following a European tour. In 1962, Workman joined

's Jazz Messengers (replacing long-time Blakey bassist Jymie Merritt), and worked alongside

Freddie Hubbard Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives ...

Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles D ...

, and

Cedar Walton Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and co ...

for most of his time in the Jazz Messengers. Workman left Blakey's group in 1964. Workman also played with James Moody, Yusef Lateef,

Pharoah Sanders Pharoah Sanders (born Ferrell Lee Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. Known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of " sheets of sound", ...

, Herbie Mann and

Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", ...

. He has recorded with Archie Shepp,

Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' ...

and David Murray. Workman, with pianist

Tommy Flanagan Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. ...

and drummer Joe Chambers, formed The Super Jazz Trio in 1978.Dryden, Ke
"Tommy Flanagan's Super Jazz Trio – Condado Beach"

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. Retrieved March 16, 2017. He is currently 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 Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black ...

and Andrew Cyrille. Workman has been a resident of Montclair, New Jersey.

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 International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE), formerly a not-for-profit corporation based in Manhattan, Kansas, was a volunteer-run organization that, among other things, allocated student scholarships through its approved festivals program ...

. In 1999, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation presented him with its Living Legacy Award. In 2020, he received a

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the art ...

in music composition and was named an

NEA Jazz Master The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), every year honors up to seven jazz musicians with Jazz Master Awards. The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships are the self-proclaimed highest honors that the United States bestows upon ...

Discography

As leader/co-leader

* 1977: ''Conversation'' (with Cecil Bridgewater,

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, George Adams, Albert Dailey,

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, Lawrence Killian) * 1978: '' The Super Jazz Trio'' ( Baystate) * 1978: ''The Works of Workman'' (Denon Japan) * 1979: '' Something Tasty'' (Baystate) * 1980: '' The Standard'' (Baystate) * 1986: ''

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'' ( Leo) * 1989: '' Images'' (

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) * 1993: '' Altered Spaces'' (Leo) * 1994: '' Summit Conference'' (

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) * 1995: '' Cerebral Caverns'' (Postcards) With Trio Transition *'' 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) *''

Open Ideas ''Open Ideas'' is an album by Trio 3, a jazz group consisting of saxophonist Oliver Lake, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille. It was recorded in 2001 and released on the Palmetto label. Reception In his review for AllMusic, Jona ...

'' (Palmetto, 2002) *'' Time Being'' (Intakt, 2006) *'' Wha's Nine: Live at the Sunset'' (Marge, 2008) *''

Berne Concert ''Berne Concert'' is a live album by Trio 3, a jazz group consisting of saxophonist Oliver Lake, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille. It was recorded in Berne and Zürich, Switzerland in November 2007, and was released in 2009 by Inta ...

'' with Irene Schweizer (Intakt, 2009) *'' At This Time'' (Intakt, 2009) *''

Celebrating Mary Lou Williams–Live at Birdland New York ''Celebrating Mary Lou Williams–Live at Birdland New York'' is a live album by Trio 3, a jazz group consisting of saxophonist Oliver Lake, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille. It was recorded at Birdland in New York City in August ...

'' with Geri Allen (Intakt, 2011) *''

Refraction – Breakin' Glass ''Refraction – Breakin' Glass'' is an album by Trio 3, a jazz group consisting of saxophonist Oliver Lake, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille, with guest pianist Jason Moran. It was recorded in 2012 and released by Intakt Records ...

'' (Intakt, 2013) *'' Wiring'' (Intakt, 2014) *''

Visiting Texture ''Visiting Texture'' is an album by Trio 3, a jazz group consisting of saxophonist Oliver Lake, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille. It was recorded at Studio Peter Karl in Brooklyn, New York in July 2016, and was released in 2017 by ...

'' (Intakt, 2017)

As sideman

With

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* ''Strings Revisited'' (Tum, 2002) * ''Reflections'' (Tum, 2004) with Andrew Cyrille * ''Prana / Live at Groovy'' (Leo, 1982) With

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* ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1967) With Gary Bartz * ''

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, 1969) With

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'' (Riverside, 1963) * '' Ugetsu'' ( Riverside, 1963) * '' Free for All'' (Blue Note, 1964) * ''

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'' (Riverside, 1964) * '' Indestructible'' (Blue Note, 1964) * '' Golden Boy'' ( Colpix, 1964) With Hamiet Bluiett * ''Orchestra Duet and Septet'' (Chiaroscuro, 1977) With The Bridgewater Brothers * ''Lightning and Thunder'' (Denon, 1977) * ''Generation Suite'' (Denon, 1978) With Roy Brooks * ''Ethnic Expressions'' (Im-Hotep, 1973) * ''Live At Town Hall'' (Baystate, 1978) With Marion Brown *'' Vista'' (Impulse!, 1975) * ''Passion Flower'' (Baystate, 1978) With

* ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1960) With Don Byron * '' Tuskegee Experiments'' (Nonesuch, 1990-91 992 With Steve Cohn * ''Shapes, Sounds, Theories'' (Cadence Jazz, 1984) * ''Bridge Over the X-Stream'' (Leo, 1999) With Earl Coleman *''Manhattan Serenade'' (1968) With Johnny Coles *'' Katumbo'' (Mainstream, 1971) With Adegoke Steve Colson * ''The Untarnished Dream'' (Silver Sphinx, 2009) With

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World Galaxy ''World Galaxy'' is the sixth solo album by Alice Coltrane. It was recorded in November 1971 in New York City, and was released in 1972 by Impulse! Records. On the album, Coltrane appears on piano, organ, harp, tamboura, and percussion, and is join ...

'' (Impulse!, 1972) * '' Transfiguration'' (Warner Bros. Master, 1978) With John Coltrane *''

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'' (Impulse!, 1961) *'' Ole Coltrane'' (Atlantic, 1961) *'' The Complete Copenhagen Concert'' (Magnetic, 1961) *'' Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard'' (Impulse!, 1961

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'' (Impulse!, 1961

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– contains recordings also on ''Impressions'' and the above release *'' Newport '63'' (Impulse!, 1961 993 *''

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'' (Impulse!, 1961-1962 963 *'' Impressions'' (Impulse!, 1961–1963 963 *'' Live Trane: The European Tours'' (Pablo, 1961-1963 001 With Stanley Cowell *'' Brilliant Circles'' (Freedom, 1972) *''Such Great Friends'' (1983) with

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and

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With Marilyn Crispell * ''

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'' (Leo, 1988) * ''

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'' (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 Andrew Cyrille * ''

My Friend Louis ''My Friend Louis'' is an album by drummer Andrew Cyrille. It was recorded in November 1991 at Power Station in New York City, and was released by DIW Records in 1992. On the album, Cyrille is joined by saxophonist Oliver Lake, trumpeter Hannibal, ...

'' (DIW, 1992) With Sussan 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) with Bill Laswell With

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* ''

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'' (RCA, 1967) With

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* ''Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise'' (Natasha, 1961) With

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*'' The Space Book'' (Prestige, 1964) *'' The Trance'' (Prestige, 1965) *'' Setting the Pace'' (Prestige, 1965) – with

Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and actor. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians, which included other greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gi ...

With Mario Escalera * ''Blue Mondays'' (Phoenix, 1981) With Chris Fagan * ''Lost Bohemia'' (Open Minds, 1992) With

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* '' New York Jazz Sextet: Group Therapy'' (Scepter, 1966) With

Sonny Fortune Cornelius "Sonny" Fortune (May 19, 1939 – October 25, 2018) was an American jazz saxophonist. Fortune played soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, clarinet, and flute. Biography He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Stat ...

*'' Awakening'' (Horizon, 1975) * ''In the Spirit of John Coltrane'' (Shanachie, 2000) With

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* ''Art-Work'' (Origin, 2008) With Grant Green *''

Goin' West ''Goin' West'' is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1962 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1969.

'' (Blue Note, 1962) With Gigi Gryce *'' Saying Somethin'!'' (New Jazz, 1960) *'' Reminiscin''' (Mercury, 1960) With

*'' Capra Black'' (Strata-East, 1973) With Andrew Hill *'' Grass Roots'' (Blue Note, 1968 000 With Terumasa Hino * ''Love Nature'' (Canyon/Love, 1971) * ''Peace and Love'' (Canyon/Love, 1971) * ''A Part'' (Canyon/Love, 1971) * ''Double Rainbow'' (CBS/Sony, 1981) With Takehiro Honda *''Jodo'' (Trio, 1972) With

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

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*'' Patterns'' (Blue Note, 1968) With The

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* '' The Jazz Composer's Orchestra'' (JCOA, 1968) With Elvin Jones * '' Brother John'' (1982) With Clifford Jordan *'' Hello, Hank Jones'' (Eastworld, 1978) With Duke Jordan *'' Flight to Jordan'' (Blue Note, 1960) With

*'' Again and Again'' (Gramavision, 1991) *'' Edge-ing'' (Black Saint, 1993) With Yusef Lateef *''

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'' (Impulse!, 1965) *'' Psychicemotus'' (Impulse!, 1965) *'' A Flat, G Flat and C'' (Impulse!, 1966) With Booker Little *''

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'' (Bethlehem, 1961) With

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* '' Time's Up'' (Epic, 1990) With Herbie Mann *''

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* ''Monk's Japanese Folk Song'' (Dizim, 1997) With Cristina Mazza * ''Where Are You?'' (Il Posto, 1989) With Ken McIntyre *''

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'' (SteepleChase, 1975) With

Roscoe Mitchell Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940) is an American composer, jazz instrumentalist, and educator, known for being "a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist". ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' described him as "one of the key figures ...

*''

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'' (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) *''

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'' (Blue Note, 1965 981 *'' 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 972 With David Murray * '' Morning Song'' (Black Saint, 1983) With

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

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

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* '' Crystals'' (Verve, 1974) With Max Roach * ''Nommo'' (Victor, 1976) * ''Live in Tokyo'' (Denon, 1977) * ''The Loadstar'' (Horo, 1977) * ''Live in Amsterdam'' (Baystate, 1977) With Charlie Rouse * ''We Paid Our Dues!'' (Epic, 1961) With Hilton Ruiz * ''Fantasia'' (Denon, 1977) With

*''

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'' (1969) With Ellen May Shashoyan * ''Song For My Father'' (New Ark, 1989) With Archie Shepp *'' Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet'' (1962) * '' Four for Trane'' (Impulse!, 1964) *''

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'' (Impulse!, 1967) * ''Ballads for Trane'' (Denon, 1977) * '' Live in New York'' (Verve, 2001) with Roswell Rudd With

*'' Night Dreamer'' (1964) *'' JuJu'' (1964) *''

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'' (1966) With Sonny Simmons *''American Jungle'' (1997) With

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* ''Brains on Fire'' (Labor Records, 1966-73) * ''Ecstasy'' (Labor, 1973) with Walter Steffens * ''A Tribute to Monk and Bird'' (Tomato, 1978) with

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, George Adams, George Lewis, Stanley Cowell, and

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* ''Jazz Alchemy'' (Tomato, 1989) With

Sonny Stitt Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. (February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982), known professionally as Sonny Stitt, was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/ hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of h ...

* ''Moonlight in Vermont'' (Denon, 1977) With Monnette Sudler * ''Other Side of the Gemini'' (Hardly, 1988) With Aki Takase * ''Clapping Music'' (Enja, 1995) With Horace Tapscott *''

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*'' Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival'' (Strata-East, 1973) *''

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'' (Strata-East, 1975) * ''Emperor March: Live at the Blue Note'' (Half Note, 2008) With

Mickey Tucker Mickey Tucker (born Michael B. Tucker; April 28, 1941) is an American jazz pianist and organist. Biography Tucker was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1941. He grew up in Rankin, Pennsylvania before moving back to North Carolina aged 12. When h ...

* ''Blues in Five Dimensions'' (SteepleChase, 1989) With

Edward Vesala Edward Vesala (15 February 1945 – 4 December 1999), born Martti Vesala, was a Finnish avant-garde jazz drummer. Career Born in Mäntyharju, he began playing jazz and rock in the 1960s, in such bands as Blues Section and Apollo. In the 1970 ...

* ''Heavy Life'' (Leo, 1980) With

Mal Waldron Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...

*'' Up Popped the Devil'' (Enja, 1973) *'' Breaking New Ground'' (Baybridge 1983) *'' Mal Waldron Plays Eric Satie'' (Baybridge, 1983) *''

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'' (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 ''The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil'' is a live album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy recorded at Sweet Basil in New York City in 1987 and released on the Japanese Paddle Wheel label.Crowd Scene A crowd scene is the representation of a crowd in art, literature or other media. There are many examples of crowd scenes in American literature. One classic is Poe's short story, "The Man of the Crowd", in which a mysterious old man is followe ...

'' (Soul Note, 1989) *'' Where Are You?'' (Soul Note, 1989) *''

My Dear Family ''My Dear Family'' is an album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1993 and released on the Evidence label.

'' (Evidence, 1993) *''Soul Eyes'' (BMG, 1997) With

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Soul Cycle ''Soul Cycle'' is an album by pianist Cedar Walton, which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Prestige label.Tyrone Washington Tyrone Lamar Washington (born September 16, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Mississippi State University before being drafted by the Houston Rockets in the 1999 NBA draft. However, he p ...

*'' Natural Essence'' (1967) With Richard Williams *''

New Horn in Town ''New Horn in Town'' is the sole album led by trumpeter Richard Williams featuring performances recorded in late 1960 and originally released on the Candid label.Edwards, D., & Callahan, M.Candid Records discographyaccessed October 19, 2015

'' (Candid, 1960) With Frank Wright * ''Kevin, My Dear Son'' (Sun, 1979) With Attila Zoller * ''Gypsy Cry'' (Embryo Records, 1970)

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Reggie Workman's official website.The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
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