''Dannie Richmond Plays Charles Mingus'' is an album by drummer

Dannie Richmond 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 Dan ...

and the Last Mingus Band which was recorded in Italy in 1980 and released on the Dutch Timeless label.Timeless Records SJP series discography
accessed February 20, 2015 The album features compositions by jazz bassist

Charles Mingus Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz Double bass, upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective Musical improvisation, improvisation, he is considered one of ...

performed by members of his final working group with Cameron Brown substituting for the late Mingus.

Reception

Scott Yanow of

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ...

notes, "Everyone is in fine form and, although one misses Mingus, the music has its exciting moments".Yanow, S
Allmusic Review
accessed February 20, 2015

Track listing

''All compositions by Charles Mingus except as indicated'' # " Fables of Faubus" – 13:21 # "

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a jazz instrumental composed by Charles Mingus, originally recorded by his sextet in 1959 and released on his album '' Mingus Ah Um''. One of Mingus's best-known compositions, "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" became a jazz sta ...

" – 4:47 # "Nostalgia in Times Square" – 4:49 # "Noddin' Your Head Blues" – 5:10 # "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" – 10:14 # "Wee" (

Sy Johnson Sivert Bertil Johnson Jr. (April 15, 1930 – July 26, 2022) was an American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist who worked with Charles Mingus in the 1960s and 1970s. He also worked with the Lee Konitz Nonet, among others. His work with Mingus ...

) – 5:07

Personnel

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

Jack Walrath Jack Arthur Walrath (born May 5, 1946) is an American post-bop jazz trumpeter and musical arranger known for his work with Ray Charles, Gary Peacock, Charles Mingus, and Glenn Ferris, among others. Biography Walrath was born in Stuart, Florida. ...

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trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

Bob Neloms Robert James Neloms (March 2, 1942, in Detroit – July 28, 2020, in Birmingham, Michigan) was an American jazz pianist. He also occasionally performed on trombone and organ. Career Neloms won a scholarship contest run by ''Downbeat'' in 1959 a ...

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piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

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bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

References

{{Authority control Dannie Richmond albums 1981 albums Timeless Records albums Charles Mingus tribute albums