Reggie Workman : best sideman roles...

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Jul 18, 2001, 2:56:13 AM7/18/01

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Recently I've been loving the man's stuff on the Andrew Cyrille
Quintets' My Friend Louis (an A+++ CD BTW). I know of all his own
stuff but what are other great sideman roles of Reggie?

Alan Young

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Jul 18, 2001, 4:15:35 AM7/18/01

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In article <f480e902.01071...@posting.google.com>,
ska...@xtra.co.nz (sk@@ter) wrote:

With Coltrane--Live at the VV, Africa Brass, and Olé!
All these recordings alos feature Eric Dolphy, and are my favorite
Coltrane dates.
I always liked Reggie's work on these, but don't know much of his other
stuff, so I'll be following this thread with interest!
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Jul 18, 2001, 8:21:50 AM7/18/01

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"Alan Young" <aay...@sonic.net> wrote in message
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> I always liked Reggie's work on these, but don't know much of his other
> stuff

Then you should certainly seek out his two (that I know of) efforts on
Postcards: SUMMIT CONFERENCE (an all-star sort of 60s date, with Hill,
Priester, etc) and CEREBRAL CAVERNS (more diverse and distinctly modern).

vince
np: CRIME JAZZ - "Daddy Long Legs" (Rhino comp)

nicholas peter dempsey

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Jul 18, 2001, 10:53:54 AM7/18/01

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Check out www.allmusic.com for a rather complete list. I'd forgotten that
he's the bass on much of Wayne Shorter's amazing Blue Note 60s
output--Night Dreamer, JuJu, and Adam's Apple--all must-haves.

More recently, he's on Roscoe Mitchell's In Walked Buckner, a solid
Delmark record.

--NPD

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>> I always liked Reggie's work on these, but don't know much of his other
>> stuff
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Nou Dadoun

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Jul 18, 2001, 2:21:54 PM7/18/01

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In article <f480e902.01071...@posting.google.com>,

If you look at the allmusic list for Reggie and the unofficial
discograph site at http://www.velocity.net/~bb10k/WORKMAN.disc.html
you'll get a start of what his phenomenal career has touched on.
Besides his Messengers stint, his work in the early 60's Coltrane
quartet and his 'residency'at Blue Note, these are the highlights
I'd recommend:

his long association with Mal Waldron including one not listed on the amg
site: Up Jumped the Devil on enja,

his work with Marilyn Crispell particularly my fave Gaia on Leo,

the single CD Monk's Japanese Folk Song with Miya Masaoka (on koto!)
and Andrew Cyrille again,

and his work with the innocuously named Trio 3 which includes Oliver
Lake and Andrew Cyrille with 2 recordings - Live at Willisau on Dizim
and Encounter on Passin Through (which is Lake's label). I haven't
heard the latter but the Live at Willisau is quite tasty. In
performance I've heard them do a killer version of Hemphill's The
Hard Blues (which rivals the smokin' versions on Jah for the JAH
Band on Minor Music - there's a piece of vinyl that needs reissuing-
and the original version on Coon Bidness).

He really should be checked out live as one of the undersung masters
of modern music. It's only in the last decade that he's come into
his own as a leader and that work (particulary Summit Conference)
really deserves more attention as well.

PS if you have trouble finding the Dizim dates, drop me a line,
we've got a local source for them.

------------------------------------------------------> Nou

Blue Lake

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Jul 19, 2001, 10:49:43 PM7/19/01

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For about 6 months In 1995 Workman was teaching at The University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor. With such a musician so close by it was essential to
get him in a performance around West Michigan. I approached Roscoe Mitchell
and asked if he'd like to peform a duet with Workman in Grand Rapids
(thinking of cost, etc). Of course the concert turned out to include
Roscoe's Note Factory (the man is very persuasive) and it was just one of
the most beautiful afternoons of music: held at the Underground Studio art
gallery which squeezed in around 180 people from all across the region. It
was the first warm day of spring. The personnel included Roscoe, A. Spencer
Barefield, guitar; Jaribu Shahid and Reggie Workman, basses; Tani Tabbal and
Gerald Cleaver, drums. It was Cleaver's first performance with Roscoe, sort
of his audition, and it was just beautiful. I know Workman went back to New
York talking Roscoe Roscoe Roscoe, and since they've been able to
collaborate more often. What an artist.

I recall seeing Workman improvise an incredibly balanced piece of music with
members of Paul Smoker's band (was it?) and a few cats from Hal Russell's
NRG Ensemble at the Southend Music Works following a Chicago Jazz Festival
appearence (circa late 1980's early 1990's). The man's musical imagination
is stunning in it's power and flexibility.

Lazaro Vega
Blue Lake Public Radio

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