American drummer (1931–1988)
This article is about the jazz drummer. For the hockey player, see
Danny Richmond .
Dannie Richmond
Richmond at Half Moon Bay, California
Background information Born Charles Daniel Richmond
(1931-12-15 ) December 15, 1931New York City, New York, U.S.
Died March 16, 1988(1988-03-16) (aged 56)Harlem, New York
Genres Jazz ,R&B ,pop Occupation(s) Musician,music director , bandleader Instrument Drums Years active 1955–1988 Labels Impulse! ,Timeless ,Landmark
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Charles Daniel Richmond (December 15, 1931 – March 16, 1988) was an American jazz drummer who is best known for his work withCharles Mingus . He also worked withJoe Cocker ,Elton John andMark-Almond .
Richmond was born Charles Daniel Richmond on December 15, 1931, in New York City and grew up inGreensboro, North Carolina .[ 1] [ 2] R&B with thePaul Williams band[ 3]
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.[ 4] Harry Carney in theEllington band , an indispensable ingredient of 'the Mingus sound' and a close friend as well".[ 5] musical director of the groupMingus Dynasty in 1980.[ 6]
He died of a heart attack in Harlem on March 16, 1988, at the age of 56.[ 1] [ 7]
With Charles Mingus [ edit ] The Clown Mingus Three Tijuana Moods East Coasting Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland Blues & Roots Mingus Ah Um Mingus Dynasty Pre-Bird Mingus at Antibes Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Mingus Reincarnation of a Lovebird Oh Yeah Tonight at Noon The Complete Town Hall Concert The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus The Cornell Concert Town Hall Concert Revenge! The Great Concert of Charles Mingus Mingus in Europe Volume I Mingus in Europe Volume II Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop Mingus at Monterey My Favorite Quintet Music Written for Monterey 1965 Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session Blue Bird andPithycanthropus Erectus Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin Let My Children Hear Music Mingus Moves Changes One Changes Two Mingus at Carnegie Hall Cumbia & Jazz Fusion Me, Myself an Eye (Atlantic, 1978)Something Like a Bird (Atlantic, 1978)Jazz a Confronto 21 All That Funk More Funk Don't Lose Control Earth Beams Life Line City Gates Live at the Village Vanguard Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 Decisions Live at Montmartre Breakthrough Song Everlasting WithPepper Adams
WithRay Anderson
WithChet Baker
WithTed Curson
WithBooker Ervin
WithRicky Ford
WithBert Jansch
WithJohn Jenkins
WithDuke Jordan
WithJimmy Knepper
WithHorace Parlan
WithHerbie Nichols
WithSahib Shihab
WithZoot Sims
WithMal Waldron
WithBennie Wallace
Mystic Bridge (Enja, 1982)^a b "Dannie Richmond, 56, Drummer With Mingus" .The New York Times Archived from the original on January 25, 2018. RetrievedSeptember 19, 2020 .^ Although Richmond himself gave his birth year as 1935, theNew Grove Dictionary of Jazz , 2nd Edition, vol.3, p.411, states that Richmond's social security records confirm that he was born in 1931. ^ Yanow, Scott."Dannie Richmond: Biography" .AllMusic . Retrieved2010-07-25 . ^ 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 ^ Colin Larkin , ed. (1992).The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz Guinness Publishing . pp. 334/5.ISBN 0-85112-580-8 ^ Smith, Gareth Dylan (2013)."Richmond, Dannie" Grove Music Online Oxford University Press .ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0 (subscription,Wikilibrary access, orUK public library membership required)
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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