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Also known as Edmund Leonard Thigpen

American jazz drummer (1930–2010)

Person · Open Library

Works
5

Top works

  • The Essence of Brushes (Interworld Music)
  • Ryhthm Brought to Life
  • Ryhthm Brought to Life: A Rhythmic Primer
  • The Essence of Brushes
  • The Sound of Brushes

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1930-12-28
Active to
2010-01-13
jazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
18,133
Total plays
57,478

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jazzdrumspercussioncool jazzamerican

Edmund Leonard (Ed) Thigpen (born December 28, 1930 - died January 13, 2010) was an American jazz drummer from Chicago, Illinois, 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. Ed's father, Ben, was a drummer who played with Andy Kirk for sixteen years during the 1930s and 1940s. Ed was raised in Los Angeles, California and attended Thomas Jefferson High School, which was also attended by Art Farme

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Satisfaction With Life Scale

    · 1985 · cited 23,438x

  2. Complex brain networks: graph theoretical analysis of structural and functional systems

    · 2009 · cited 10,182x

  3. Subjective well-being.

    · 1984 · cited 8,717x

  4. Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer

    · 2002 · cited 8,635x

  5. Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress.

    · 1999 · cited 7,996x

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