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Ed Thigpen

real name Edmund Leonard Thigpen

Chicago, United States

Ed Thigpen is credited on 2,379 releases across 426 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,379

Credits

426

Albums

8

Decades active

234

In collections

Biography

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American jazz drummer and son of Ben Thigpen (* 28 December 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA; † 13 January 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark).
Worked with Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Cootie Williams, Bud Powell, Lennie Tristano, Dinah Washington, and Johnny Hodges, among others.

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Credited work

2,379 releases · 426 albums · active 1954–2026

  • Performance · 2,618
  • Other credits · 23
  • Production · 9

Studios: London House, Chicago · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Easy Sound Studio · Sound Track Studio

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