# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-thigpen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:13:05.114Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-thigpen"
name: "Ed Thigpen"
slug: "ed-thigpen"
description: "Edmund Leonard Thigpen was an American jazz drummer, best known for his work with the Oscar Peterson trio from 1959 to 1965. Thigpen also performed with the Billy Taylor trio from 1956 to 1959."
tagline: "American jazz drummer (1930–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed-thigpen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-12-28"
deathDate: "2010-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.23816
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1382687/"
    handle:    "nm1382687"
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    url:       "http://www.edthigpen.com"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ed Thigpen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump