Kim Richmond (born July 24, 1940,

Champaign, Illinois Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago metrop ...

) is an American

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saxophonist and composer. Richmond played piano, clarinet, and saxophone when young, and made his professional debut in 1956. He studied at the

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Unive ...

in the early 1960s. He played in the U.S. Air Force big band,

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, while serving from 1963–67 in Washington D.C. He then moved to California and played with

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(1967),

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(1968),

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(1969–72),

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(1979),

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(1979), Les Brown (1989), Bill Holman (1990),

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(1991),

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, and Clay Jenkins. Richmond arranged professionally from the 1960s, for Schifrin,

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, and

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. He founded the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra in southern California to perform his works. Additionally, he has worked as a

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, arranger, director, and conductor for studios and popular musicians.

Discography

As leader

* ''Looking In Looking Out'' (USA, 1990) * ''Passages'' (Sea Breeze, 1992) * ''Range'' (

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, 1994) * ''Look at the Time'' (Chase, 1999) * ''Ballads'' (Chase, 2001) * ''Refractions'' (

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, 2003) * ''CrossWeave'' (Origin, 2004) * ''Live at Cafe Metropol'' (Origin, 2007) * ''Artistry'' (MAMA, 2013)

As sideman

With

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* ''Live 2005!'' (Rhubarb, 2005) * ''Metropole'' (Rhubarb, 2006) * ''By Request'' (Rhubarb, 2007) With

* ''Live at Concerts by the Sea'' (Trend, 1980) * ''Westlake'' (Discovery, 1981) * ''Soaring'' (Bosco, 1983) * ''Magic Time'' (Trend, 1984) * ''Trash Can City'' (Trend, 1987) * ''State of the Art'' (USA, 1988) * ''Treasure Chest'' (USA, 1990) * ''Funupsmanship'' (MAMA, 1993) * ''With All the Bells and Whistles'' (MAMA, 1995) * ''Earth'' (MAMA, 1997) * ''Serendipity 18'' (MAMA, 1998) * ''Whatever Bubbles Up'' (Summit, 2003) * ''Eternal Licks & Grooves'' (MAMA, 2007) * ''Legendary'' (MAMA, 2009) With

* ''Commemoration'' (Nine Winds, 1994) * ''Portland 1996'' (Nine Winds, 1997) * ''The Other Bridge'' (Nine Winds, 2000) With John LaBarbera * ''On the Wild Side'' (Jazz Compass, 2003) * ''Fantazm'' (Jazz Compass, 2005) * ''Caravan'' (Jazz Compass, 2013) With others *

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, ''Classic Songs My Way'' (Universal, 2007) *

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, ''New Beginning'' (Discovery, 1987) *

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, ''Afterglow'' (Blue Thumb, 1995) *

, ''Thesaurus'' (Atlantic, 1969) * Clare Fischer, ''Waltz'' (Discovery, 1988) *

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, ''Hot Nights'' (Applause, 1982) * Buddy Greco, ''Ready for Your Love'' (Bainbridge, 1984) *

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, ''Raisin' the Roof'' (Jazz Hounds, 1982) *

, ''

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, ''Big Band Favorites of Sammy Nestico'' (Summit, 1998) * John Rapson, ''Bing'' (Sound Aspects 1990) * John Rapson, ''Water and Blood'' (Nine Winds, 2001) *

, '' No One Home'' (Tabu, 1979) *

, ''No Bounds'' (Origin, 2006) * Chris Walden, ''Full-On!'' (Origin, 2014) *

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, ''Kindred Spirits'' (Summit, 2006) * Bill Watrous/Pete Christlieb, ''A Beautiful Friendship'' (Summit, 2014) *

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, ''Unheard Herd'' (Jazzed Media, 2003) *

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, ''Storytone'' (Reprise, 2014)

References

*Thomas Owens, "Kim Richmond". '' Grove Jazz'' online

External links

Official site
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