Time: 58:17
Size: 133.4 MB
Styles: Hard bop
Year: 1991
Art: Front
[6:20] 1. Strike Up The Band
[5:48] 2. Yesterdays
[7:09] 3. Summertime
[5:50] 4. Night And Day
[5:49] 5. Scramble
[6:39] 6. Shufflin' Long
[4:25] 7. Oh My Gosh
[8:59] 8. Dark Before The Dawn
[7:16] 9. I Should Care
Terence Blanchard (trumpet) Bill Easley (alto saxophone) Branford Marsalis (tenor,soprano saxophone) Ronnie Mathews or Sir Roland Hanna (piano) Rufus Reid (bass) Ed Thigpen (drums) Bobby Thomas Jr. (hand drums). Recording Date: November 20 - 21, 1990
Edward Leonard Thigpen was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 28, 1930. His father, Ben Thigpen, was a professional jazz drummer who worked in Andy Kirk's band for close to twenty years throughout the 1930s and 40s. At the beginning of 1959, Thigpen joined Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown to form perhaps the most revered incarnation of the Oscar Peterson Trio. The group stayed together until 1965 and can be heard on close to 50 recordings.
The sensitive, quiet burn of Thigpen's famed brushwork and the forward-leaning foundation of Brown's bass playing made for one of the most well-developed drummer/bassist relationships in the history of the piano trio. Once asked to discuss the style of his longtime drummer, Oscar Peterson explained, Ed Thigpen was a reflective yet complete percussionist. He wasn't really a drummer, he was a percussionist. He had that feeling all the time that it wasn't just drums that he was sitting at. He sees his drums as a complete, not instrument, but orchestra. Whatever he wants it to be. Ed Thigpen has a touch on the drums that you seldom hear. Jo Jones had that same thing.
Edward Leonard Thigpen was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 28, 1930. His father, Ben Thigpen, was a professional jazz drummer who worked in Andy Kirk's band for close to twenty years throughout the 1930s and 40s. At the beginning of 1959, Thigpen joined Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown to form perhaps the most revered incarnation of the Oscar Peterson Trio. The group stayed together until 1965 and can be heard on close to 50 recordings.
The sensitive, quiet burn of Thigpen's famed brushwork and the forward-leaning foundation of Brown's bass playing made for one of the most well-developed drummer/bassist relationships in the history of the piano trio. Once asked to discuss the style of his longtime drummer, Oscar Peterson explained, Ed Thigpen was a reflective yet complete percussionist. He wasn't really a drummer, he was a percussionist. He had that feeling all the time that it wasn't just drums that he was sitting at. He sees his drums as a complete, not instrument, but orchestra. Whatever he wants it to be. Ed Thigpen has a touch on the drums that you seldom hear. Jo Jones had that same thing.
Young Men & Olds
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