Ed Thigpen
December 28, 1930 – January 13, 2010
Ed Thigpen was a jazz drummer who was part of the Oscar Peterson Trio from 1959 to 1965. Over the course of his career he played with a who’s who of mid-century jazz greats including Dinah Washington, Bud Powell, Oscar Pettiford, and Ella Fitzgerald. He also released several critically praised albums of his own . Ed Thigpen was 79 when he passed away on January 13, 2010.
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