Mike Richmond

Michael "Mike" Richmond (born February 26, 1948 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American jazz bassist.

Live and act

Mike Richmond started out as a guitarist and switched to bass in his high school orchestra. He studied music at Temple University , where he graduated with a bachelor's degree, and took private lessons with Jimmy Garrison . He worked with musicians like Stan Getz , Dizzy Gillespie , Rahsaan Roland Kirk , Don Cherry , Karl Berger , George Gruntz , Walter Norris , Barry Finnerty , Mario Stantchev , the folk blues singer and songwriter Richie Havens and the Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar . Since 1980 he was a member of the Mingus Dynasty . In 1989 he played in a trio with George Gruntz and Adam Nussbaum ( Serious Fun , Enja 1990).

In the 1990s he was a member of John Fischer's group Interface with Vincent Chancey , Theo Jörgensmann and Ben Kilmer and worked with the Bujazzo . In 1991 he took part in the concert of Miles Davis and Quincy Jones in Montreux . He currently plays in the Nuvo combo with Dave Schroeder, Rich Shemaria, Brad Shepik and John Hadfield.

Richmond teaches at New York University , where he received the Teacher of the Year Award in 1994 . He has written a standard work on playing the walking bass .

Discography

• Dream Waves with Billy Hart , Andy LaVerne , 1979
• Basic Tendencies with Louis Colin , Joe Passaro , Badal Roy , Simon Shaheen , Glen Velez , 1988
• On the Edge with Adam Nussbaum , Larry Schneider , 1988
• Dance for Andy with Keith Copeland , Billy Hart, Andy LaVerne, Jim McNeely , Adam Nussbaum, Larry Schneider, Kenny Washington , 1989
• Blue in Green with Richie Beirach , Larry Schneider, Jeff Williams , 1994
• The New Interface Trio with John Fischer, Ben Kilmer, 1994
• For Us with Andy LaVerne Piano, 1995

Web links

• Web presence
• Biography (English) and photographs (archived)
• Mike Richmond at Discogs (English)
• Mike Richmond at Allmusic (English)