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

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. He started playing tenor saxophone at the age of thirteen, and 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

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in 1980. He died of a heart attack in Harlem on March 16, 1988, at the age of 56.

Discography

As leader

* 1965: '' "In" Jazz for the Culture Set'' ( Impulse!) * 1979: '' Ode to Mingus'' (

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) * 1980: '' Hand to Hand'' (Soul Note) with George Adams * 1980: '' Dannie Richmond Plays Charles Mingus'' ( Timeless) * 1980: '' The Last Mingus Band A.D.'' ( Landmark) originally released as ''Dannie Richmond Quintet'' (Gatemouth) * 1981: ''Three or Four Shades of Dannie Richmond Quintet'' (Tutu) released 1991 * 1983: ''

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'' (Soul Note) with George Adams * 1983: '' Dionysius'' (

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)

As sideman

With Charles Mingus

* '' The Clown'' (Atlantic, 1957) * '' Mingus Three'' (Jubilee, 1957) * ''

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'' (RCA Victor, 1957) * ''

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'' (Bethlehem, 1957) * '' Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland'' (United Artists, 1959) * ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1959

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'' (Columbia, 1959) * ''

'' (Columbia, 1959) * '' Pre-Bird'' (Mercury, 1960) * '' Mingus at Antibes'' (Atlantic, 1960

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'' (Candid, 1960) * ''

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'' (Candid, 1960

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'' (Candid, 1960 988 * '' Oh Yeah'' (Atlantic, 1961

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'' (Atlantic, 1957/61 964 * '' The Complete Town Hall Concert'' (Blue Note, 1962

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* '' The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady'' (Impulse!, 1963) * '' Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus'' (Impulse!, 1963) * '' The Cornell Concert'' (Blue Note, 1964 007 * '' Town Hall Concert'' (Jazz Workshop, 1964) * '' Revenge!'' (Revenge, 1964

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* '' The Great Concert of Charles Mingus'' (America, 1964

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* '' Mingus in Europe Volume I'' (Enja, 1964 980 * '' Mingus in Europe Volume II'' (Enja, 1964

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* '' Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop'' (Fantasy, 1964 966 * ''

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'' (Jazz Workshop, 1964) * '' My Favorite Quintet'' (Jazz Workshop, 1965 966 * '' Music Written for Monterey 1965'' (Jazz Workshop, 1965) * '' Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session'' (Sunnyside, 1970

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originally released as ''Blue Bird'' and ''Pithycanthropus Erectus'' * '' Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin'' (Beppo, 1970) * '' Let My Children Hear Music'' (Columbia, 1971) * ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1973) * '' Changes One'' (Atlantic, 1973) * ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1973) * '' Mingus at Carnegie Hall'' (Atlantic, 1974) * '' Cumbia & Jazz Fusion'' (Atlantic, 1976) * ''Me, Myself an Eye'' (Atlantic, 1978) * ''Something Like a Bird'' (Atlantic, 1978)

With George Adams and
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*'' Jazz a Confronto 21'' (Horo, 1975) * '' All That Funk'' (Palcoscenico, 1979) * '' More Funk'' (Palcoscenico, 1979) * '' Don't Lose Control'' (Soul Note, 1979) * ''

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'' (Timeless, 1981) * '' Life Line'' (Timeless, 1981) * ''

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'' (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) * ''

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*'' 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

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*'' Plenty of Horn'' (Old Town, 1961) With Booker Ervin *''

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'' (Bethlehem, 1960) *'' Cookin' (Savoy, 1960) With

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*'' Loxodonta Africana'' (New World, 1977) *''

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'' (Muse, 1978) With

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*'' Moonshine'' (1973) With John Jenkins *'' Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons'' (Prestige, 1957) – with

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and

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*'' John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell'' (Blue Note, 1957) – with

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With

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*'' Tivoli One'' (SteepleChase, 1978,

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*'' Tivoli Two'' (SteepleChase, 1978,

*'' Wait and See'' (SteepleChase, 1978

With

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*'' A Swinging Introduction to Jimmy Knepper'' (Bethlehem 1957) *'' Cunningbird'' (SteepleChase, 1976) With Horace Parlan *'' Blue Parlan'' (Steeplechase, 1978) *''

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'' (Steeplechase, 1983) With Herbie Nichols *''

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'' (1957) With

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*'' The Jazz We Heard Last Summer'' (Savoy, 1957) With

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* '' Down Home'' (Bethlehem, 1960) With Mal Waldron *'' What It Is'' (Enja, 1981) With

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* ''Mystic Bridge'' (Enja, 1982)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Richmond, Dannie 1935 births 1988 deaths Musicians from New York City Post-bop jazz musicians American jazz drummers American session musicians Impulse! Records artists Timeless Records artists Landmark Records artists 20th-century American drummers American male drummers Jazz musicians from New York (state) 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Mingus Dynasty (band) members

Biography

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Charles Mingus

With George Adams and Don Pullen Don Gabriel Pullen (December 25, 1941 – April 22, 1995) was an American jazz pianist and organist. Pullen developed a strikingly individual style throughout his career. He composed pieces ranging from blues to bebop and modern jazz. The great ...

With others

References

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With George Adams and
Don Pullen Don Gabriel Pullen (December 25, 1941 – April 22, 1995) was an American jazz pianist and organist. Pullen developed a strikingly individual style throughout his career. He composed pieces ranging from blues to bebop and modern jazz. The great ...