- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEdmund Leonard Thigpen
- Nickname
- Mr. Taste
- Ed Thigpen was born on December 28, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Charlie Butterfly (2002), The Subject Is Jazz (1958) and The Wayne and Shuster Hour (1957). He was married to Ingelise Nielsen. He died on January 13, 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- SpouseIngelise Nielsen(? - 1981) (her death, 2 children)
- Jazz drummer who worked with Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, and Billy Taylor.
- Jazz drummer.
- Inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 2002.
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