Dannie Richmond

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Dannie Richmond (1981)

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

Live and act

Danny Richmond grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina; his first instrument was the tenor saxophone and as a young adult he played in rhythm and blues bands such as Paul Williams and The Clovers. Richmond then returned to New York City to study at the Music Center Conservatory . Since 1955 he also dealt with the drums. After only six months he became a member of Charles Mingus' band through the mediation of Lou Donaldson . Since then he has played as a long-time bandmate and friend with Mingus, with whom he formed "one of the most exciting bass-drum teams in modern jazz". Occasionally he also played with Herbie Nichols (" Love, Gloom, Cash, Love ") and with Chet Baker . In 1960 he took saxophonist with the Mingus Booker Ervin whose The Book Cooks on; In 1963 he was involved in Pepper Adams ' album Plays Charles Mingus . The drummer's first album was written in 1965, one of the rare opportunities to experience Richmond as a band leader ( In Jazz for the Culture ); during the session he worked with Jaki Byard , Cecil McBee , and guitarists Toots Thielemans and Jimmy Raney .

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

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

Richmond and Mingus

Brian Priestley's Mingus biography reflects Mingus' frustration with the drummers who preceded Richmond. In November 1956 Mingus played with his band in the New York club The Pad ; with his drummer Willie Jones . Mingus vented his displeasure with the drummer on the open stage. This prompted Lou Donaldson , who was present , to recommend Mingus to young Richmond.

Mingus said to Richmond: “He gave me his complete open mind.” Through the long time they worked together and given the fact that “there was a coming and going” in the Mingus bands, the critic Manfred Papst said in his portrait of Drummer, Richmond soon became not only the longest-serving, but also the most important member, “and the two grow together to form one of the most stylistic and rhythmic teams in jazz history. (...) They are unmatched in the gradual build-up of tensions that the musicians literally seem to explode, in virtuoso playing with abrupt mood changes and in polymetric overlays. "

After a while, Richmond also acted as a co-leader of the various, frequently changing Mingus bands. One of the first studio sessions was The Clown Session in March 1957. On the following album, Tijuana Moods , Richmond had a short but fiery solo on “Dizzy Moods”. The highlights of Richmond's oeuvre were the classic Mingus albums that were created in the late 1950s, such as Blues and Roots and Mingus Ah Um , whose titles were characterized by frequent changes in tempo, metric modulations and numerous stylistic variations, such as " Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ", “E's Flat, A's Flat Too”, “Moanin”, “Tensions”, “ Better Git it in Your Soul ”, “ Goodbye Pork Pie Hat ” and “ Fables of Faubus ”.

Discographic notes

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)

literature

  • Manfred Papst: Mingus rhythm. The team with drummer Dannie Richmond. In: du - magazine for culture. Charles Mingus - The Talking Bass - issue 723, February 2003.
  • Brian Priestley: Mingus. A Critical Biography. Paladin Books, London and Da Capo Press, New York 1985, ISBN 0306802171 .
  • Horst Weber / Gerd Filtgen: Charles Mingus. Oreos: Gauting n.d.,

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Horst Weber / Gerd Filtgen: Charles Mingus. Oreos: Gauting n.d., p. 63
  2. ↑ cit. to Priestley.
  3. ↑ Quoted from M. Papst, p. 81 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Richmond, Dannie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richmond, Charles Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1988
Place of death New York City