JSngry Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 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 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Ed Thigpen's obituary in his hometown newspaper today: Ed Thigpen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) A thoughtfull Ed Thigpen obit in today's Daily Telegraph: Ed Thigpen Obit Edited January 15, 2010 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Spinning this fine funky album as I type. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agriffith Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Yet more sad news - and one of the most 'musical' drummers in jazz . Agreed! RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 It took the New York Times almost two weeks to write an obituary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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