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R.I.P. ED THIGPEN


 Drummer Ed Thigpen, who was nicknamed "Mr. Taste" and who played on some of Oscar Peterson's finest records in the early 1960s, has died after a long illness. He was 79, and passed away yesterday in Kingdom Hospital in Copenhagen, where he had lived for nearly four decades.Continua a leggere : http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/jazzblog/default.aspx