Dannie Richmond Explained

Dannie Richmond
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Birth Name:Charles Daniel Richmond
Birth Date:15 December 1931
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Harlem, New York
Instrument:Drums
Genre:Jazz, R&B, pop
Occupation:Musician, music director, bandleader
Years Active:1955–1988
Label:Impulse!, Timeless, Landmark
Associated Acts:Charles Mingus, Mingus Dynasty, Mark-Almond, Elton John, Joe Cocker

Charles Daniel Richmond (December 15, 1931 – March 16, 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.

Biography

Richmond was born Charles Daniel Richmond on December 15, 1931, in New York City and grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina.[1] He started playing tenor saxophone at the age of thirteen, and went on to play R&B with the Paul Williams band[2] in 1955.

His career took off when he took up the drums, which he had taught himself to play 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.

He died of a heart attack in Harlem on March 16, 1988, at the age of 56.[5] [6]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Charles Mingus

With George Adams and Don Pullen

With Pepper Adams

With others

With Ray Anderson

With Chet Baker

With Ted Curson

With Booker Ervin

With Ricky Ford

With Bert Jansch

With John Jenkins

With Duke Jordan

With Jimmy Knepper

With Horace Parlan

With Herbie Nichols

With Sahib Shihab

With Zoot Sims

With Mal Waldron

With Bennie Wallace

External links

Notes and References

  1. Although Richmond himself gave his birth year as 1935, the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition, vol.3, p.411, states that Richmond's social security records confirm that he was born in 1931.
  2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p7420|pure_url=yes}} Dannie Richmond: Biography ]. Allmusic . Scott. Yanow . 2010-07-25.
  3. Book: Litweiler, John . The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958 . Da Capo . 1984 . 0-306-80377-1. 26.
  4. Priestley, Brian. Mingus – A Critical Biography. London: Paladin, 1982, p.86.
  5. Web site: . Dannie Richmond, 56, Drummer With Mingus. March 18, 1988. The New York Times. September 19, 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180125193717/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/18/obituaries/dannie-richmond-56-drummer-with-mingus.html. January 25, 2018.
  6. Smith . Gareth Dylan . 2013 . Richmond, Dannie .

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