Dannie 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.
Charles Daniel 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. "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.
1965: "In" Jazz for the Culture Set (Impulse!) 1979: Ode to Mingus 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 George Adams (Soul Note) 1983: Dionysius The Clown (1957)Mingus Three Tijuana Moods East Coasting Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland Mingus Ah Um Mingus Dynasty (1959)Blues & Roots (1960)Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Mingus at Antibes Reincarnation of a Lovebird Oh Yeah The Complete Town Hall Concert The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Town Hall Concert The Cornell Concert (1964)Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop Mingus at Monterey Mingus in Paris (1964)Mingus in Europe Volume I Mingus in Europe Volume II Music Written for Monterey 1965 Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Session Let My Children Hear Music Mingus Moves Changes One Changes Two Mingus at Carnegie Hall Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1976)Me, Myself an Eye (1978)Something Like a Bird (1978)With George Adams and Don Pullen Jazz a Confronto 21 All That Funk More Funk Don't Lose Control Earth Beams Life Line (Timeless, 1981)City Gates (Timeless, 1983)Live at the Village Vanguard (Soul Note, 1983)Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 Decisions (Timeless, 1984)Live at Montmartre (Timeless, 1985)Breakthrough (Blue Note, 1986)Song Everlasting With Pepper Adams
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie MingusWith Chet Baker
(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958)With Ted Curson
Plenty of Horn
With Booker Ervin
The Book Cooks With Ricky Ford
Manhattan Plaza (Muse, 1978)
With John Jenkins
Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons Clifford Jordan and Bobby Timmons John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell With Duke Jordan
Tivoli One Tivoli Two Wait and See With Jimmy Knepper
A Swinging Introduction to Jimmy Knepper (Bethlehem 1957)Cunningbird (SteepleChase, 1976)With Herbie Nichols
Love, Gloom, Cash, Love With Mal Waldron
What It Is
With Bert Jansch
Moonshine With Mark-Almond
Mark-Almond II (1972)Rising (1972)73 (1973)With Sahib Shihab
The Jazz We Heard Last Summer With Zoot Sims
Down Home 
