Background
Charles Daniel Richmond was born in New York City, New York, and started playing tenor saxophone at the age of thirteen. He went on to play Rhythm & Blues with the Paul Williams band in 1955.
Charles Daniel Richmond was born in New York City, New York, and started playing tenor saxophone at the age of thirteen. He went on to play Rhythm & Blues 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. That association continued after Mingus" death when Richmond became the first musical director of the group Mingus Dynasty in 1980.