Ed Thigpen

drums, producer, bass

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Oscar Peterson
The Oscar Peterson Trio (the "classic" trio with Brown and Ellis/Thigpen)
Ella Fitzgerald
Horace Parlan
Kenny Drew

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Oscar Peterson drums 'Round Midnight, A Fine Romance, A Foggy Day, A Sleeping Bee, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive, As Long as I Live, Autumn Leaves, Bess, You Is My Woman Now, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Bill, Blues for Big Scotia, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, Children's Tune, Close Your Eyes, Come Rain or Come Shine, Come Sunday, Con Alma, D & E, Daahoud, Django, Easy to Love, Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, Evrev, Goodbye, Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe, Here Come de Honey Man, Here’s That Rainy Day, Honey Dripper, I Concentrate on You, I Got Plenty O' Nuttin', I Love Paris, I Love You, I Wants to Stay Here (a.k.a. I Loves You, Porgy), I Was Doing All Right, I Won't Dance, I've Got You Under My Skin, I've Got the World on a String, Ill Wind, In the Still of the Night, It Ain't Necessarily So, It's All Right With Me, It's De-Lovely, I’m Old Fashioned, Judy, Just One of Those Things, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off, Let's Fall in Love, Liza, Long Ago and Far Away, Love Is Here to Stay, Love Walked In, Love for Sale, Lovely to Look At, Lovers Promenade, Manteca, Misty, Moanin', My Foolish Heart, My Heart Stood Still, My Ship, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Night Train, Night and Day, Nightingale, O.P., Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?, Oh Dey's So Fresh and Fine (Strawberry Woman), Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way!, Oh, Lady Be Good, Ol' Man River, Over the Rainbow, Pick Yourself Up, Portrait Of Jenny, Shall We Dance, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Someday My Prince Will Come, Stormy Weather, Summertime, That Old Black Magic, The Maidens of Cadiz, The Man I Love, The Man That Got Away, The Smudge, The Song Is You, The Way You Look Tonight, There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York, They All Laughed, Tricrotism, West Coast Blues, Why Can't You Behave, Willow Weep for Me, Woody 'n' You, Yesterdays, Young and Foolish, Younger Than Springtime
The Oscar Peterson Trio drums All of Me, Bags’ Groove, Band Call, Baubles, Bangles and Beads, Bess, Oh Were’s My Bess?, Bess, You Is My Woman Now, Birth of the Blues, C Jam Blues, Come Dance With Me, D & E, Days of Wine and Roses, Easy Does It, Fly Me to the Moon, Georgia on My Mind, Goodbye, J.D., Have You Met Miss Jones?, Here Come de Honey Man, Honey Dripper, How About You?, Hymn to Freedom, I Feel Pretty, I Get a Kick Out of You, I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’, I Wants to Stay Here, I'm a Fool to Want You, It Ain’t Necessarily So, It Happened in Monterey, Jet Song, Just in Time, Learning the Blues, Let's Fall in Love, Lil' Darlin', Little Right Foot, Maria, Moten Swing, My One and Only Love, Night Train, Oh Dey’s So Fresh and Fine (Strawberry Woman), Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way, People, Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado), Reprise, Satin Doll, Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week), Shiny Stockings, Six and Four, Something’s Coming, Somewhere, Summertime, Tangerine, The Girl From Ipanema, The Gravy Waltz, The Strut, The Tender Trap, There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York, Things Ain't What They Used to Be, This Could Be the Start of Something, This Nearly Was Mine, Time and Again, Tonight, Waltz for Debby, Witchcraft, You Look Good to Me, You Make Me Feel So Young, You Stepped Out of a Dream, Yours Is My Heart Alone
Ella Fitzgerald drums (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (a.k.a. Mr. Paganini), A House Is Not a Home, Alright, Okay, You Win, As Time Goes By, Aspects of Duke Medley: Mood Indigo / Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me / It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), Cabaret, Close to You, Crazy Rhythm, Dancing in the Dark, Don'cha Go 'Way Mad, Give Me the Simple Life, Hello Young Lovers, Hey Jude, I Concentrate on You / You Go to My Head, I'll Never Fall in Love Again, Love You Madly, Mack the Knife, Night and Day, Old Devil Moon, Open Your Window, People, Put a Little Love in Your Heart, Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head, Satin Doll, Something, Spinning Wheel, St. Louis Blues, Summertime, Sunshine of Your Love, The Ballad Medley: Body and Soul / The Man I Love / Porgy, The Bossa Scene Medley: The Girl From Ipanema / Fly Me to the Moon / O Nosso Amor (Carnival Samba) / Cielito Lindo / Madalena / Agua de Beber (Water to Drink), The Girl From Ipanema, The Lady Is a Tramp, The Many Faces of Cole Porter Medley: Get Out of Town / Easy to Love / You Do Something to Me, They Can't Take That Away From Me, This Girl's in Love With You, This Girl's in Love With You / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Trouble Is a Man, Useless Landscape, Watch What Happens, You'd Better Love Me
Horace Parlan producer, drums Arrival, Back From the Gig, Bag's Groove, Blues for HP, Don't Take Your Love From Me, Everything Happens to Me, Everytime We Say Goodbye, For Heaven's Sake, Like Someone in Love, Love and Peace, New Start, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Norma, Polka-Dots and Moonbeams, Saucer Eyes, Theme for Ernie, Thinking of You, Waltz No.1
Kenny Drew drums Blues Wail, Concierto de Aranjuez, Easy Flight, Journey's End Blues, Kay-Dee, Moonlit Desert, On a Slow Boat to China, Prelude to a Kiss, Roselil, Solveig's Song, Stardust, Take the a Train, The Eternal Traveller, The Star Crossed Lovers, Trippin', Vacation in Hakone
Billy Taylor Trio drums Get Me To The Church On Time, Get Me to the Church on Time, I Could Have Danced All Night, I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face, I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face, On The Street Where You Live, On the Street Where You Live, Rain In Spain, Show Me, The Rain in Spain, With A Little Bit Of Luck, With a Little Bit of Luck, Wouldn't It Be Lovely?, Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
Ben Webster bass, drums Blues in F, Bye-Bye, Blackbird, Didn't We, How Deep Is the Ocean?, In a Mellow Tone, Perdido, Some Other Blues, Sunday, The Touch of Your Lips, This Can't Be Love, When Your Lover Has Gone
Blossom Dearie drums Boum, Chez Moi, Gentleman Friend, Hello Love, It's Too Good to Talk About Now, L'Etang, Little Jazz Bird, Moonlight Saving Time, Someone to Watch Over Me, You Fascinate Me So, You've Got Something I Want
GROGNation drums Blues for Smedley, Brotherhood of Man, I Want a Little Girl, Incoherent Blues, Jim, Mack the Knife, Mumbles, Roundalay, Squeaky’s Blues, They Didn’t Believe Me
Sabrina Bellaouel drums Corriente, Hola, I Fall in Love Too Easily, Love 4 Rent, Never Never Land, Nu Groove, Scrapple From the Apple, Sweetness
Potenza drums Close to You, Li'l Darlin', Manteca, Mas Que Nada, St. Louis Blues, They Can't Take That Away From Me, Things Ain't What They Used to Be, Willow Weep for Me
Insane drums Birdwatcher, Handful of Stars, Happy Day, Memories of Spring, Strolling Through the Casbah, They All Laughed, Titoro, We'll Be Together Again
Jutta Hipp drums 'S Wonderful, Almost Like Being in Love, Down Home, Just Blues, These Foolish Things, Too Close for Comfort, Violets for Your Furs, Wee Dot
Cal Tjader drums A Time for Love, Aquarius, Cal's Bluedoo, Souled Out, Tema Teimoso, The Loner, The Prophet, Warm Song
Duke Jordan Trio drums Everything Happens to Me, Flight to Denmark, Glad I Met Pat, Green Dolphin Street, Here's That Rainy Day, How Deep Is the Ocean?, If I Did - Would You?, No Problem
Oliver Nelson drums Down by the Riverside, Guitar Blues, I Remember Bird, Ja-Da, Milestones, Miss Fine, Night Train
Mal Waldron drums Don't Explain, Earthy, I Wouldn't, One by One, Potpourri, The Front Line, What's Not
Chet Baker drums Everything I've Got Belongs to You, The Way You Look Tonight, This Is Always, We Could Make Such Beautiful Music, What Is There to Say, When the Sun Comes Out, Yesterdays
onlyjoe drums Bounce, Common Goal, Eleven Thrice, Firewood Duet, Fortune on a Sphere, Off Right, The Terrace
Dexter Gordon drums Ernie's Tune, Good Morning Sun, More Than You Know, Naima, The Girl With the Purple Eyes, This Happy Madness, Tivoli
Dorothy Ashby drums Aeolian Groove, Dancing on the Ceiling, Lamentation, Quietude, Spicy, Stella by Starlight, Thou Swell
Chronology drums Anatomy, Cattin', Exactly Like You, Sunday, Tea for Two, Vodka
Katherine Dancy drums Knittin', Last Time for Love, Tender Trap, The Chase Is On, The Things I Love, This Can't Be Love
Guido Manusardi drums Alexandra, Dino's Mood, Downtown, Fairway, My Romance, The Meaning of the Blues
Lolita Defekt drums A Wonderful Guy, Green Dolphin Street, Heartstrings, John Brown’s Body, Reunion Blues, The Work Song
Gil Mellé drums Long Ago and Far Away, Moonlight in Vermont, Nice Question, The Arab Barber Blues, The Set Break, Weird Valley
Johnny Griffin drums Alone Again, Blues for Harvey, Rhythm a Ning, Soft and Furry, That Party Upstairs
Arne Domnérus drums Brevet från Frej, En vilsen folkvisa, Johanssons boogie woogie-vals, Kärlek ett tu tre, Varför är Louise så blyg
Lumus drums Misty, Perhaps, Sandy, Up There, You Stepped Out Of A Dream
Kurt Herman drums Dayee, Earthy, I Wouldn't, The Frontline, What's Not
Maria Grün drums Blues for K. K., Climbing Old Fuji, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), Miami Stretch, Traffic Jam
Paul Quinichette drums Blue Dots, Circles, Cool-Lypso, My Funny Valentine, On the Sunny Side of the Street
Folk Riot drums Air Mail Special, Flying Home, Midnight Sun, Stardust
Willie Martinez drums Ana, Reef und kneebus, Salz
Carl Oscar Mannström drums In the Wee, Small Hours of the Morning, The Touch of Your Lips
Gene Ammons drums It's the Talk of the Town, You Go to My Head
Jon Hamm drums Together Again
Hi Ho Silver, Away! drums He's Gone Again
The Elusive Stranger drums Tea For Two
Bill Henderson drums You Are My Sunshine
k.d. lang and The Reclines drums Full Moon Full of Love