Ed Thigpen R.I.P.

[JSngry]

I went for too long thinking of him only as an "Oscar Peterson drummer". Finally heard some other stuff, starting with the Verve side, and realized what a fool I had been.

RIP

[sidewinder]

Some nice footage of him on the 'Jazzin' The Black Forest' DVD playing with the OP trio at the home of HG Brunner-Schwer. I'll dig it out over the weekend.

'Out Of The Storm' was one of the best of the Verve Elite Series reissues and a great concept album !

[brownie]

Ed Thigpen's obituary in his hometown newspaper today:

Ed Thigpen

[sidewinder]

A thoughtfull Ed Thigpen obit in today's Daily Telegraph:

Ed Thigpen Obit

Edited January 15, 2010 by sidewinder

[Noj]

Spinning this fine funky album as I type. RIP.

[medjuck]

I saw Thigpen once with OP but I also saw him backing Sonny Rollins who happened to be passing through Toronto while Thigpen lived there.

[mikeweil]

Saw this only now after receiving this sad news in the Jazz Echo newsletter - R.I.P.

I, too, slept on him for too long, although I used his brush method and the thicker plastic brushes he designed. 

I like his playing best on Cal Tjader's "The Prophet" album on Verve - some of the nicest funky bossa I ever heard!

[agriffith]

Ed Thigpen: one of the all-time great drummers! Beautiful swing, amazing brushwork, always musical and sensitive. Listen to him on Monty Alexander's "The River" cd on Concord. I had the honor of attending a brush master class that he was teaching; he could make brushwork sound great no matter how messed up and worn out the snare head was (like mine was)! A master!

God bless Ed Thigpen.

[BruceH]

Yet more sad news - and one of the most 'musical' drummers in jazz .

Agreed! RIP

[brownie]

It took the New York Times almost two weeks to write an obituary!