He attended Temple University (1965–1970), studying with Edward Arian from the Philadelphia Orchestra.
After lessons with Jimmy Garrison in the early 1970s he began performing with Chico Hamilton and Arnie Lawrence, also working with Stan Getz, Jack DeJohnette, Horace Silver, Joe Henderson, Lee Konitz, Hubert Laws, Franco Ambrosetti, Dannie Richmond, Gil Evans, Art Farmer, Woody Herman, and George Gruntz.
Starting in 1980, Richmond devoted time to learning the sitar, traveling to Madras, India and performing live with Ravi Shankar.
Richmond won a Grammy Award for Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux.
With Franco Ambrosetti With Bob Berg With Jerry Bergonzi With Keith Copeland and Kenny Barron With Ted Curson With Miles Davis and Quincy Jones With Buddy DeFranco With Jack DeJohnette With Gil Evans With Herb Geller With Stan Getz With George Gruntz With Chico Hamilton With Roland Hanna With Tom Harrell With Richie Havens With Daniel Humair With Vic Juris With Eric Kloss With Jimmy Knepper With Lee Konitz With Ted Curson Round Midnight (Generation records, 1983) With Andy LaVerne 8 Rhapsody (SteepleChase, 2019) With Arnie Lawrence With Hubert Laws With Jim McNeely With Mingus Dynasty With Mingus Big Band With Jackie Paris With Bobby Paunetto With Jeanfrançois Prins With Dannie Richmond With Larry Schneider With Ravi Shankar With Ben Sidran With Marvin Stamm With Adam Unsworth Stolen Moments (Acoustical Concepts, 2016) With John Stowell With Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band With Lauren Hooker All For You My Heart And Soul(MHR Records, 2015) With Ingrid Sertso/Karl Berger/Don Cherry With Combo Nuvo With Joshua Breakstone With Tom Varner With Naná Vasconcelos With Bennie Wallace With Bill Watrous With Eliot Zigmund