Dannie Richmond

Charles Daniel " Dannie " Richmond ( * December 15, 1935 in New York, New York, † March 16, 1988 there ), was an American jazz drummer.

Life and work

Danny Richmond grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina; his first instrument was the tenor saxophone and as a young Erwachenser he played in rhythm and blues bands, as with Paul Williams and The Clovers. Richmond then returned to New York City, to study at the Music Center Conservatory. He worked since 1955 with the drums. After only half a year, he was through the mediation of Lou Donaldson member in the band of Charles Mingus. He has since appeared as a longtime band mate and friend with Mingus, with whom he formed one of the " most exciting bass - drums team of modern jazz ." Occasionally, he also played with Herbie Nichols ( "Love, Gloom, Cash, Love" ) and with Chet Baker. In 1960 he took up with the Mingus trumpeter Booker Ervin The Book Cooks whose; In 1963 he was involved in Pepper Adams's album Plays Charles Mingus. In 1965 the first album of the drummer, one of the rare opportunities to experience Richmond as a bandleader ( In Jazz for the Culture ); at the session he worked with Jaki Byard, Cecil McBee, and guitarist Toots Thielemans and Jimmy Raney.

During a multi-year hiatus from Mingus he played with soul singer Johnny Taylor. 1972 and 1973 he separated temporarily from Mingus to, the Mark- Almond Band and even to work with Joe Cocker with Elton John, From the end of 1973, he again worked with Mingus, as with the late albums Changes One & Two. After Charles Mingus ' death in 1979 he was the drummer for the Mingus Dynasty, was working on his own projects and formed with Cameron Brown, the rhythm section of the George Adams / Don Pullen Quartet. In the 1980s he also worked with Hannibal Marvin Peterson, Mal Waldron and Horace Parlan.

Indicative of Richmond's game was the ability to react quickly, change of pace and his ability to communicate. Dannie Richmond, died suddenly of a heart attack in Harlem, New York. He was 52 years old.

Richmond and Mingus

Brian Priestley, in his biography of the Mingus Mingus frustration ' again, which he had experienced with the Richmond previous drummers. In November 1956 Mingus and his band played the New York club The Pad; with respect its drummer Willie Jones. Mingus made ​​his displeasure with the drummer on stage air. This prompted the present Lou Donaldson, Mingus to recommend the young Richmond.

At Richmond Mingus said, " He gave me his complete open mind " Through the long period of joint work and given the fact that in the Mingus bands " coming and going, there was ," says the critic Manfred Pope in his portrait of drummer, Richmond soon became not only the longest but also the most important member, " and the two grow together into one of the style- rhythm teams in jazz history. (...) Unmatched they are in the gradual build-up of tensions that seem literally to break the musician virtuoso with sudden changes of mood and in polymetric overlays. "

After a while, Richmond also served as co-leader of diverse, frequently changing Mingus bands. One of the first studio sessions was in March 1957, The Clown session. In the following album Tijuana Moods Richmond had with " Dizzy Moods " a brief but fiery solo. Highlights of Richmond's work were the classic Mingus albums, which emerged in the late 1950s, as Blues and Roots and Mingus Ah Um, the title of which were marked by frequent tempo changes, metric modulations and numerous stylistic variations, such as "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting", "E 's Flat, A 's Flat Too ", " Moanin ", " Tension ", " Better Git it in Your Soul", "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat " and " Fables of Faubus ".

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Albums as a leader

  • In Jazz for the Culture Set ( 1965)
  • Ode to Mingus (1979, with Bill Saxton, Danny Mixon, Mike Richmond )
  • Plays Charles Mingus (1980 )
  • Dannie Richmond Quintet (1981 )
  • Dionysius (1983 )
  • Gentleman's Agreement (1983 )

Albums with Charles Mingus

Albums with Mark - Almond

  • Mark- Almond II ( 1972)
  • Rising ( 1972)
  • 73 (1973)
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