| Artist: Ed Thigpen |
Similar Artists:
Followers:
Performed Songs By:
Worked With:
Formal Connection With:
Relationship With:
| Discography: Ed Thigpen |
| Wikipedia: Ed Thigpen |
| Ed Thigpen | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Edmund Leonard Thigpen |
| Born | 28 December 1930 |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Drummer |
| Instruments | drums percussion |
| Associated acts | Cootie Williams, Oscar Peterson, Billy Taylor, Ella Fitzgerald, many others |
Edmund Leonard (Ed) Thigpen (born December 28, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz drummer, perhaps best-known for his work with the Oscar Peterson trio from 1959-1965. Thigpen also performed with the Billy Taylor trio from 1956-1959.
Contents |
Ed Thigpen was raised in Los Angeles, California and attended Thomas Jefferson High School, which was also attended by Art Farmer, Dexter Gordon and Chico Hamilton. His father, Ben, was a drummer who played with Andy Kirk for sixteen years during the 1930s and 1940s. Thigpen first worked professionally in New York City with the Cootie Williams orchestra from 1951-1952 at the Savoy Ballroom. After working with Dinah Washington, Gil Melle, Oscar Pettiford, Eddie Vinson, Paul Quinichette, Ernie Wilkins, Charlie Rouse, Lennie Tristano, Jutta Hipp, Johnny Hodges, Dorothy Ashby, Bud Powell, and Billy Taylor, he replaced guitarist Herb Ellis in the Oscar Peterson Trio in 1959 in Toronto, Canada.
In 1961 he recorded with the Teddy Edwards - Howard McGhee Quintet in Los Angeles with Phineas Newborn, Jr. and Ray Brown.
After leaving Peterson he recorded one album as a leader for Verve, Out of the Storm of 1966. He then toured with Ella Fitzgerald from 1967-1972, after which he settled in Copenhagen, Denmark. In Denmark Thigpen has worked with a variety of artists in Europe, including Alice Babs, Kenny Drew, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ernie Wilkins, Svend Asmussen, Clark Terry, Milt Jackson, Monty Alexander and Thad Jones.
with the Dorothy Ashby Quartet:
with Gil Melle:
with Billy Taylor:
with Paul Quinichette and Charlie Rouse:
with Eddie Vinson:
with Oscar Pettiford:
with Oscar Peterson:
with Teddy Charles:
with Tony Ortega:
with Frank Minion:
with Teddy Edwards - Howard McGhee Quintet
with Ella Fitzgerald:
with Svend Asmussen:
with Jack van Poll:
with Oliver Jones:
with John Lindberg, Albert Mangelsdorff & Eric Watson:
with Eric Watson and Mark Dresser:
with Ernie Wilkins on the Everest label:
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
| Shopping: Ed Thigpen |
 | Billy Taylor Trio with Earl May & Ed Thigpen (2006 Album by Billy Taylor Trio/Earl May/Ed Thigpen) |
| Ed Thigpen: The Essence of Brushes (2004 Music Film) |
| The River (1985 Album by Monty Alexander) |
 | What is Tyler Thigpen's father's name? |
| Where did the name thigpen originate from? |
| How much is a Robert Thigpen baseball card worth? |
Copyrights:
 |
 | Artist. Copyright © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Music Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved. Read more |
 |
| Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Ed Thigpen". Read more |
Mentioned in
