Dannie Richmond

Charles Daniel Richmond (December 15, 1931 – March 15, 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.

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.

Discography

As leader

1965: "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Impulse!)
1979: Ode to Mingus (Soul Note)
1980: Hand to Hand with George Adams (Soul Note)
1980: Dannie Richmond Plays Charles Mingus (Timeless)
1980: The Last Mingus Band A.D. (Landmark) aka Dannie Richmond Quintet (Gatemouth )
1981: Three or Four Shade (Tutu)
1983: Gentleman's Agreement with George Adams (Soul Note)
1983: Dionysius

As sideman

With Charles Mingus

The Clown (1957)
Mingus Three (1957)
Tijuana Moods (1957)
East Coasting (1957)
Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959)
Mingus Ah Um (1959)
Mingus Dynasty (1959)
Blues & Roots (1960)
Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960)
Mingus at Antibes (1960)
Reincarnation of a Lovebird (1960)
Oh Yeah (1961)
The Complete Town Hall Concert (Blue Note, 1962 [1994])
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963)
Town Hall Concert (1964)
The Cornell Concert (1964)
Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (Fantasy, 1964)
Mingus at Monterey (1964)
Mingus in Paris (1964)
Mingus in Europe Volume I (Enja, 1964 [1980])
Mingus in Europe Volume II (Enja, 1964 [1980])
Music Written for Monterey 1965 (Jazz Workshop, 1965)
Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session (Sunnyside, 1970 [2006])
Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (Beppo, 1970)
Let My Children Hear Music (1971)
Mingus Moves (1973)
Changes One (1973)
Changes Two (1973)
Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974)
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1976)
Me, Myself an Eye (1978)
Something Like a Bird (1978)

With George Adams and Don Pullen

Jazz a Confronto 21 (Horo, 1975)
All That Funk (Palcoscenico, 1979)
More Funk (Palcoscenico, 1979)
Don't Lose Control (Soul Note, 1979)
Earth Beams (Timeless, 1981)
Life Line (Timeless, 1981)
City Gates (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)
Song Everlasting (Blue Note, 1987)

With Pepper Adams

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 Ted Curson

Plenty of Horn (Old Town, 1961)

With Booker Ervin

The Book Cooks (Bethlehem, 1960)
Cookin' (Savoy, 1960)

With Ricky Ford

Loxodonta Africana (New World, 1977)
Manhattan Plaza (Muse, 1978)

With John Jenkins

Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (Prestige, 1957) – with Clifford Jordan and Bobby Timmons
John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1957) – with Kenny Burrell

With Duke Jordan