Reggie and his collaborative teams have internationally Co-Produced/Fundraised events combining music, dance and theater with: The Groove Ship, The Reggie Workman Ensemble, The John Coltrane and The Charlie Parker celebrations at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The African American Legacy Project (Washington DC, Philadelphia, and the University of Amherst, Lincoln Center Outdoor Summer Series, Montclair Jazz Festival), WARM (Workman, Ak Laff, Rivers, Mitchel), Reggie Workman and Alice Coltrane with Strings (NYC) Cathedral St JohnвЂ™s Divine, Carnegie Recital Hall, Artists Alliance (Grass Roots Music, Dance, and Theater at the Village Gate, NYC).В In 2006, Workman co-founded and co-produced Sculptured Sounds Music Festival (An artist-driven festival of futuristic concepts in music). His community work includes the East, New Muse, LAI, Co-Founder of MADLOM, African American Legacy Project, AALP Community, and Youth Workshops. In recognition of Reggie Workman's national and international performances and recordings spanning over 40 years, he was named a Living Legend by the African-American Historical and Cultural Museum in his hometown of Philadelphia he is also a recipient of the Eubie Blake Award.В Workman's additional awards include Meet the Composer, MidAtlantic, NYFA Opportunity Grant and Doris Duke Impact Award 2015. In recent years Reggie has been working with new music luminaries such as Geri Allen, Jason Moran, Vijay Iyer and his longstanding collaboration, TRIO 3 (Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille). He created AshantiвЂ™s Message (septet), and вЂќBrewвЂќ as well as вЂњGroove Ship.вЂќ In 1998, Reggie Workman inaugurated The Montclair Academy of Dance & Laboratory of Music (for students from ages three to eighteen). In 1990 he created the Reggie Workman Ensemble with John Purcell, Jeanne Lee, Marilyn Crispell, Gerry Hemingway, and Don Byron and Jason Hwang. In 1998 he created Trio Three with Oliver Lake and Andrew Cyrille. In 1985 he created Trio Transitions with Freddie Waits and Mulgrew Miller. In 1983 he co-created the вЂњOn Time Jazz SeriesвЂќ and produced at the Village Gate. In 1978 he formed a Super Trio, with pianist Tommy Flanagan and drummer Joe Chambers. In the 1970s, he created the вЂњTop ShelfвЂќ quartet. Workman co-founded the historic Collective Black Artists and was Musical Director of the New Muse Community Museum (Brooklyn, NY). In the 1980s, he was the founding member of вЂњGreat Friends вЂќВ and began leading his own groups: Top Shelf, and The Reggie Workman Ensemble. Workman, with pianist Tommy Flanagan and drummer Joe Chambers formed The Super Jazz Trio in 1978. Workman recorded frequently through the 1960s and performed with such icons as Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Eric Dolphy, Gigi Gryce, Booker Little, Roy Haynes, Wayne Shorter, Red Garland, James Moody, Abbey Lincoln, Alice Coltrane, Jeri Allen, Marilyn Crispell, Jeanne Lee, Booker Ervin, Horace Silver, Benny Golson, Cedar Walton, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Curtis Fuller, Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Mann, Archie Shepp, Clifford Jordan, Bobby Hutcherson, Sonny Fortune, Billy Harper, and David Murray. He was present for the saxophonist's Live at the Village VanguardВ sessions, and also recorded with a second bassist (Art Davis) on the 1961 albums, OlГ© ColtraneВ and Africa/Brass. In 1961, Workman joined the John Coltrane Quartet, replacing Steve Davis. Workman, a вЂњSound ScientistвЂќ is a 2020 recipient for the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship Award, the nationвЂ™s highest honor in jazz. He is a teacher, composer, and jazz advocate whose style ranges from Bop, Post Bop and beyond. Reginald вЂњReggieвЂќ WorkmanВ (born Jin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)В is recognized as one of the most technically gifted American avant-garde jazz and hard bop double bassists in history.

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