Dannie Richmond
born on 15/12/1935 in New York City, NY, United States
died on 15/3/1988 in New York City, NY, United States
Dannie Richmond
Charles Daniel Richmond (December 15, 1931 – March 15, 1988) was an American jazz drummer who is best known for his work with Charles Mingus. He also worked with Joe Cocker, Elton John and Mark-Almond.[1]
Richmond was born in New York City and started playing tenor saxophone at the age of thirteen; he went on to play R&B with the Paul Williams band[2] in 1955.
His career took off when he took up the drums, in his early twenties, through the formation of what was to be a 21-year association with Charles Mingus.[3] Mingus biographer Brian Priestley writes that "Dannie became Mingus's equivalent to Harry Carney in the Ellington band, an indispensable ingredient of 'the Mingus sound' and a close friend as well".[4]
That association continued after Mingus' death when Richmond became the first musical director of the group Mingus Dynasty in 1980.
Discography
As leader
- 1965: "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Impulse!)
- 1979: Ode to Mingus (Soul Note)
- 1980: Hand to Hand with George Adams (Soul Note)
- 1980: Dannie Richmond Plays Charles Mingus (Timeless)
- 1980: The Last Mingus Band A.D. (Landmark) aka Dannie Richmond Quintet (Gatemouth )
- 1981: Three or Four Shade (Tutu)
- 1983: Gentleman's Agreement with George Adams (Soul Note)
- 1983: Dionysius
As sideman
With Charles Mingus
- The Clown (1957)
- Mingus Three (1957)
- Tijuana Moods (1957)
- East Coasting (1957)
- Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959)
- Mingus Ah Um (1959)
- Mingus Dynasty (1959)
- Blues & Roots (1960)
- Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
- Mingus at Antibes (1960)
- Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960)
- Oh Yeah (1961)
- The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1962 [1994])
- The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
- Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
- Town Hall Concert (1964)
- The Cornell Concert (1964)
- Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (Fantasy, 1964)
- Mingus at Monterey (1964)
- Mingus in Paris (1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume I (Enja, 1964 [1980])
- Mingus in Europe Volume II (Enja, 1964 [1980])
- Music Written for Monterey 1965 (Jazz Workshop, 1965)
- Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (Sunnyside, 1970 [2006])
- Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (Beppo, 1970)
- Let My Children Hear Music (1971)
- Mingus Moves (1973)
- Changes One (1973)
- Changes Two (1973)
- Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974)
- Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1976)
- Me, Myself an Eye (1978)
- Something Like a Bird (1978)
With George Adams and Don Pullen
- Jazz a Confronto 21 (Horo, 1975)
- All That Funk (Palcoscenico, 1979)
- More Funk (Palcoscenico, 1979)
- Don't Lose Control (Soul Note, 1979)
- Earth Beams (Timeless, 1981)
- Life Line (Timeless, 1981)
- City Gates (Timeless, 1983)
- Live at the Village Vanguard (Soul Note, 1983)
- Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (Soul Note, 1983)
- Decisions (Timeless, 1984)
- Live at Montmartre (Timeless, 1985)
- Breakthrough (Blue Note, 1986)
- Song Everlasting (Blue Note, 1987)
With Pepper Adams
- Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Workshop Jazz, 1964)
With others
With Ray Anderson
- Old Bottles - New Wine (Enja, 1985)
With Chet Baker
- (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958)
With Ted Curson
- Plenty of Horn (Old Town, 1961)
With Booker Ervin
- The Book Cooks (1960)
With Ricky Ford
- Loxodonta Africana (New World, 1977)
- Manhattan Plaza (Muse, 1978)
With John Jenkins
- Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (Prestige, 1957) – with Clifford Jordan and Bobby Timmons
- John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957) – with Kenny Burrell
With Duke Jordan
- Tivoli One (SteepleChase, 1978, [1984])
- Tivoli Two (SteepleChase, 1978, [1984])
- Wait and See (SteepleChase, 1978 [1994])
With Jimmy Knepper
- A Swinging Introduction to Jimmy Knepper (Bethlehem 1957)
- Cunningbird (SteepleChase, 1976)
With Herbie Nichols
- Love, Gloom, Cash, Love (1957)
With Mal Waldron
- What It Is (Enja, 1981)
With Bert Jansch
- Moonshine (1973)
With Mark-Almond
- Mark-Almond II (1972)
- Rising (1972)
- 73 (1973)
With Sahib Shihab
- The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Savoy, 1957)
With Zoot Sims
- Down Home (Bethlehem, 1960)
With Bennie Wallace
- Mystic Bridge (Enja, 1982)
References
- ^ Although Richmond himself gave his birth year as 1935, The New York Times obituary of Richmond states that he was born in 1931 https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/18/obituaries/dannie-richmond-56-drummer-with-mingus.html. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition, vol.3, p.411, states that Richmond's social security records confirm this.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Dannie Richmond: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
- ^ Litweiler, John (1984). The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958. Da Capo. p. 26. ISBN 0-306-80377-1.
- ^ Priestley, Brian. Mingus – A Critical Biography. London: Paladin, 1982, p.86.
External links
- Allmusic biography
- Dannie Richmond on IMDb
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