Dannie Richmond


Charles Daniel Richmond 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 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 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. 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".
That association continued after Mingus' death when Richmond became the first musical director of the group Mingus Dynasty in 1980.
On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Dannie Richmond among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.

Discography

As leader

With Charles Mingus

With Pepper Adams
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