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Reggie
Workman has traversed a diverse and prestigious pathway in his
35+-year career, and is currently collaborating not only with the
Summit Conference and Cerebral Caverns musicians but also with Mal
Waldron, Cecil Taylor, Butch Morris, David Murray, and Marilyn
Crispell, and with Oliver Lake and Andrew Cyrille in
Trio 3. "I have been fortunate,"
notes Workman, who grew up in Philadelphia and now lives in the New
York City area, "to have collaborated with such great artists as
Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra, Miles Davis, Yusef Lateef, Art Blakey, Max
Roach, Wayne Shorter, Nina Simone, Alice Coltrane, Abbey Lincoln,
Sonny Stitt, and -- very importantly -- with John Coltrane
and the other members of his pioneering 1960's jazz group. I have
truly enjoyed a fruitful experience in the world of music." A music
educator as well as a musician, he is a professor in and curriculum
coordinator for the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program at New York's
New School and conducts music education seminars nationally and
internationally. With Cerebral Caverns, while firmly rooted in this
jazz legacy, Reggie Workman continues, as always, to grow -- taking
the next step into the musical future.