Images (Reggie Workman album)

Images
Live album by Reggie Workman
Released	1990
Recorded	January and July 1989
Venue	Knitting Factory, New York City
Genre	Free Jazz
Label	Music & Arts
Producer	Reggie Workman
Reggie Workman chronology
Synthesis (1986) Images (1990) Altered Spaces (1993)

Images is a live album by bassist and composer Reggie Workman. It was recorded at the Knitting Factory in New York City in January and July 1989, and was released in 1990 by Music & Arts. On the album, Workman is joined by clarinetist Don Byron, vocalist Jeanne Lee, guitarist Michele Navazio, pianist Marilyn Crispell, and percussionist Gerry Hemingway.^[1][2]

The title of the track "Jus' Ole Mae (Revisited)" refers to the fact that "Jus' Ole Mae" appeared on Workman's previous album, Synthesis, released in 1986.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4][5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[3]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B[6]

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album three stars, and stated, "Workman is... a forceful leader who has moved on to explore areas of musical freedom influenced by African idioms and frequently resembling the trance music of the griots... Workman bows, triple-stops and produces unreliably pitched sounds (presumably from below the bridge), leaving it to Crispell... to give the performance its undoubted sense of coherence." However, they noted that, in relation to Crispell, "Workman's ideas are developed less completely and, while they often lead to more adventurous solo excursions from the individual performers, they rarely do much more than peter out."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Reggie Workman.

1. "Suite for H.P. Madame" – 26:00
2. "Medea" – 12:15
3. "November 1" – 15:00
4. "Jus' Ole Mae (Revisited)" – 14:20

• Track 1 recorded in January 1989. Tracks 2–4 recorded in July 1989.

Personnel

• Don Byron – clarinet
• Jeanne Lee – vocals
• Michele Navazio – guitar
• Marilyn Crispell – piano
• Reggie Workman – bass
• Gerry Hemingway – percussion

References

1. "Reggie Workman: Images". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
2. Lopez, Rick. "The Reggie Workman Discography". bb10k. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. pp. 1164–1165.
4. Erlewine, Michael; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Yanow, Scott, eds. (1996). All Music Guide to Jazz (2nd ed.). Miller Freeman. p. 791.
5. "Images: The Reggie Workman Ensemble in Concert... | AllMusic". Retrieved Aug 9, 2024 – via www.allmusic.com.
6. Hull, Tom. "Recycled Goods (#105)". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved March 14, 2022.