Ed Thigpen
Biography
Edmund Leonard Thigpen (December 28, 1930 – January 13, 2010) was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with the Oscar Peterson trio from 1959 to 1965. Thigpen also performed with the Billy Taylor trio from 1956 to 1959.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Night Train
1963
We Get Requests
1965
Blossom Dearie
1957
Jutta Hipp With Zoot Sims
1957
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
1959
A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra
1959
At The Hickory House Volume 1
1956
Blues Etude
1966
Put On A Happy Face
1966
West Side Story
1962
The Trio : Live From Chicago
1961
Mal/2
1957
The Oscar Peterson Collection
1972
Action
1968
Canadiana Suite
1965
Oscar Peterson Trio + One
1964
Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle
1964
Affinity
1963
Very Tall
1962
Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Song Book
1959
Soulville
1983
Jazz At The Santa Monica Civic '72
1974
Blues For Harvey
1973
Toots & Svend
1973
Credited work
3,048 releases · 424 albums · active 1954–2026
- Performance · 3,434
- Other credits · 51
- Production · 12
Studios: London House, Chicago · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Easy Sound Studio · The Hickory House
Frequent collaborators
- Oscar Peterson
- Various
- The Oscar Peterson Trio
- Oscar Peterson Trio
- Dinah Washington
- Ben Webster
- Kenny Drew Trio
- Ella Fitzgerald