Great drummer, Ed Shaughnessy was born Edwin Thomas Shaughnessy on January 29th, 1929 in Jersey City, USA.
He started studying piano but soon switched to drums. His first gig was in 1948 with George Shearing Group. He played for a while with Bobby Byrne, and still in 1948, Ed joined Charlie Ventura Orquestra, until 1950.
He toured Europe as part of Benny Goodman Sextet, also a member of Tommy Dorsey Big Band and playing gigs with Lucky Millinder.
Then, he moved to New York, starting a fruitful career as sessionman.
In 1969, he played with Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins at Maryland Jazz Festival.
He also had his own Big Band for some time.
As a curiosity, when Jimi Hendrix appeared at The Tonight Show on TV, he played with Billy Cox on bass and used Ed Shaughnessy on drums in his performance of ´Lover man´. Shaughnessy played in The Tonight Show Band from 1967 to 1992.
Sadly, Ed Shaughnessy passed away on 24th May, 2013 in Calabasas, California due to a heart attack. He was 84.
This is a very brief list of some band where he played. Also, the credit list is quite incomplete, but I hope it´ll be growing in the future, as soon as I have the time to dedicate to it.
CHARLIE VENTURA GROUP
This was the Charlie Ventura Septet in 1949:
They appear in the live album Gene Norman presents a Charlie Ventura concert.
CHARLIE VENTURA GROUP #? |
1949 |
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Charlie Ventura † sax, leader | Jackie Cain † vocals | Kenny O´Brien bass | Roy Kral † keyboards, vocals | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Boots Mussulli † sax |
Bennie Green trombone | Ed Shaughnessy † drums |
They appear in the live album Gene Norman presents a Charlie Ventura concert.
Other info on members of Charlie Ventura Group (I know up to 19 members) | |
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Already covered (1): | Sonny Igoe |
To be covered (11): | Billy Bean, Max Bennett, Conte Candoli, Marjorie Hyams, Stan Levey, Shelly Manne, Arno Marsh, Dave McKenna, Boots Mussulli, Clark Terry, Kai Winding |
Not enough info (6): | Jackie Cain, Bennie Green, Charlie Kennedy, Roy Kral, Kenny O´Brien, Charlie Ventura |
BENNY GOODMAN GROUP
In 1950, Ed Shaughnessy toured Europe with Benny Goodman Group:
Can someone help me with additional info, please?
BENNY GOODMAN GROUP #? |
1950 |
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Benny Goodman † clarinet, leader | Ed Shaughnessy † drums | + many others, unknown to me. Help! |
Can someone help me with additional info, please?
Other info on members of Benny Goodman Group (I know up to 158 members) | |
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Already covered (10): | Milt Bernhart, Monty Budwig, Frank Foster, Herb Geller, Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones, Nat Peck, Derek Watkins, Joe Wilder, Jimmy Wyble |
To be covered (78): | Pepper Adams, Gene Allen, Trigger Alpert, Wayne Andre, Georgie Auld, Danny Bank, Billy Bauer, Eddie Bert, Greg Bowen, John Bunch, Lennie Bush, Billy Butterfield, Billy Byers, Sid Catlett, Doc Cheatham, Keith Christie, Buster Cooper, Bill Crow, Mario Daone, Willie Dennis, Jerry Dodgion, Bob Efford, Al Epstein, Nick Fatool, Ella Fitzgerald,... up to 78 musicians. |
Not enough info (69): | Elmer Alexander, Mousie Alexander, Peter Appleyard, Ronnie Bedford, Franny Beecher, Bunny Berigan, Bob Burns, Roy Burns, Ernie Caceres, Bob Carter, Joe Casalaro, Charlie Christian, Angelo Cicalese, Cutty Cutshall, Hank D´Amico, Ziggy Elman, Helen Forrest, Harold Gaylor, Mitch Goldberg, Buddy Greco, Bob Hayden, Dick Haymes, Don Honeywell, Peanuts Hucko, Frances Hunt,... up to 69 musicians. |
DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA
In 1952, when Duke´s drummer Louie Bellson married, he was temporarily replaced by his mate Ed Shaughnessy:
DUKE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA #? |
1952 |
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Duke Ellington † piano | Ed Shaughnessy † drums | + many others, unknown to me. Help! |
Other info on members of Duke Ellington Orchestra (I know up to 104 members) | |
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Already covered (1): | Jake Hanna |
To be covered (102): | Sayyd Abdul Al Khabyyr, Cat Anderson, Ivie Anderson, Harold Ashby, Alice Babs, Harold ´Shorty´ Baker, Aaron Bell, Louie Bellson, Bill Berry, Eddie Bert, Barney Bigard, Jimmy Blanton, Wellman Braud, Lawrence Brown, Roy Burrowes, Harry Carney, Sid Catlett, Chuck Connors, Willie Cook, Barry Cooper, Buster Cooper, Bill ´Wild´ Davis, Bobby Durham, Bass Edwards, Duke Ellington,... up to 102 musicians. |
ED SHAUGHNESSY GROUP
This was the wonderful Ed Shaughnessy Group around 1955:
ED SHAUGHNESSY GROUP #? |
1955 |
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Ed Shaughnessy † drums | Charles Mingus † bass | Flip Phillips † sax | Emil Richards percussion |
DINAH WASHINGTON BAND
This was the Dinah Washington Band in June 1956 (or was 1952?):
DINAH WASHINGTON BAND #? |
1956 |
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Dinah Washington † vocals | Keeter Betts bass | Wynton Kelly † piano | Ed Shaughnessy † drums |
Other info on members of Dinah Washington Band (I know up to 20 members) | |
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Already covered (1): | Al Harewood |
To be covered (13): | Art Blakey, Patti Bown, Sonny Clark, Jimmy Cobb, Johnny Griffith, Percy Heath, Wynton Kelly, Melba Liston, Blue Mitchell, Max Roach, Sahib Shihab, Ed Thigpen, Paul West |
Not enough info (5): | Keeter Betts, Al Jones, Harold Ousley, Dinah Washington, Larry Wildrice |
TEDDY CHARLES GROUP
This was the Teddy Charles Group in July 1956:
TEDDY CHARLES GROUP #? |
1956 |
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Teddy Charles † vibes, keyboards | Barry Galbraith † guitar | Addison Farmer † bass | Hall Overton keyboards | Jon Eardley trumpet | Gigi Gryce † sax |
George Barrow † sax | Hal Stein sax | Don Butterfield † tuba | Ed Shaughnessy † drums |
Other info on members of Teddy Charles Group (I know up to 20 members) | |
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To be covered (13): | Chet Baker, Don Butterfield, Curtis Counce, Ray Drummond, Jon Eardley, Russ Freeman, Barry Galbraith, Jimmy Giuffre, Gigi Gryce, Shelly Manne, Tony Reedus, Howard Roberts, Shorty Rogers |
Not enough info (6): | George Barrow, Teddy Charles, Harold Danko, Addison Farmer, Hall Overton, Hal Stein |
JOE NEWMAN GROUP
This was the Joe Newman Quintet in 1961:
JOE NEWMAN GROUP #? |
1961 |
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Joe Newman † trumpet | Art Davis bass | Lloyd Mayers piano | Oliver Nelson † sax | Ed Shaughnessy † drums |
Other info on members of Joe Newman Group (I know up to 5 members) | |
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To be covered (3): | Art Davis, Oliver Nelson, Joe Newman |
Not enough info (1): | Lloyd Mayers |
JOE BUSHKIN GROUP
This was the Joe Bushkin Group that released the live album In concert Town Hall in 1963:
JOE BUSHKIN GROUP #? |
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Joe Bushkin † piano | Chuck Wayne guitar | Milt Hinton † bass | Ed Shaughnessy † drums |
Other info on members of Joe Bushkin Group (I know up to 4 members) | |
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To be covered (3): | Joe Bushkin, Milt Hinton, Chuck Wayne |
ED SHAUGHNESSY GROUP (again)
This was part of Ed Shaughnessy´s Energy Force Big Band around 1980:
In 1980, Ed Shaughnessy played some gigs in England, backed by great English players:
In 1987, Jennifer Leitham played for Ed Shaughnessy:
In 1989, we can find bassist Jennifer Leitham playing again in Ed Shaughnessy Quintet:
This was the wonderful Ed Shaughnessy Quintet in March 1992:
ED SHAUGHNESSY GROUP #? |
1980 |
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Ed Shaughnessy † drums | Peter Woodford guitar | Joel DiBartolo † bass | Frank Szabo trumpet | Bob Summers trumpet | Denny Christiansen trumpet |
Glenn Garrett sax | Bruce Paulson trombone | + others unknown to me. Help! |
In 1980, Ed Shaughnessy played some gigs in England, backed by great English players:
ED SHAUGHNESSY GROUP #? |
1980 |
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Ed Shaughnessy † drums | Ted Speight guitar | Dill Katz bass | Geoff Castle keyboards | + maybe some others, unknown to me. Help! |
In 1987, Jennifer Leitham played for Ed Shaughnessy:
ED SHAUGHNESSY GROUP #? |
1987 |
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Ed Shaughnessy † drums | Jennifer Leitham bass, as John Leitham | + others unknown to me. Help! |
In 1989, we can find bassist Jennifer Leitham playing again in Ed Shaughnessy Quintet:
ED SHAUGHNESSY GROUP #? |
1989 |
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Ed Shaughnessy † drums | Jennifer Leitham bass, as John Leitham | + others unknown to me. Help! |
This was the wonderful Ed Shaughnessy Quintet in March 1992:
ED SHAUGHNESSY GROUP #? |
1992 |
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Ed Shaughnessy † drums | Jennifer Leitham bass, as John Leitham | Tom Ranier keyboards | Tom Peterson sax | Bruce Paulson trombone |
Other info on members of Ed Shaughnessy Group (I know up to 18 members) | |
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To be covered (13): | Geoff Castle, Joel DiBartolo, Glen Garrett, Dill Katz, Jennifer Leitham, Charles Mingus, Bruce Paulson, Flip Phillips, Emil Richards, Bobby Shew, Ted Speight, Bob Summers, Frank Szabo |
Not enough info (4): | Denny Christiansen, Tom Peterson, Tom Ranier, Peter Woodford |
DOC SEVERINSEN GROUP
In June 1992, Doc Severinsen started playing gigs with some mates from the just-finished Tonight Show Band:
   19 BANDS (WITH 25 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
   1 ALBUMS FOR 1 BANDMATES AND FRIENDS:
   3 COLLECTIVE ALBUMS:
   84 SESSIONS (FOR 57 ARTISTS):
DOC SEVERINSEN GROUP #? |
1992 |
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Doc Severinsen trumpet | Snooky Young † trumpet | Ernie Watts sax | Ed Shaughnessy † drums | + others unknown to me. Help! |
Other info on members of Doc Severinsen Group (I know up to 10 members) | |
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Already covered (1): | Snooky Young |
To be covered (6): | Dave Bargeron, Bob Odneal, Doc Severinsen, Steve Thoma, Ernie Watts, Kevin Winard |
Not enough info (2): | Paul Line, Carlos Vega |
   19 BANDS (WITH 25 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
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Count Basie Orchestra |   | 5 RECORDINGS:
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Patti Bown Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Joe Bushkin Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Bobby Byrne Group |   |  
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Teddy Charles Group |   | 4 RECORDINGS:
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Tommy Dorsey Orchestra |   |  
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Duke Ellington Orchestra |   |  
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Benny Goodman Group |   |  
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Peggy Lee Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Lucky Millinder Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Joe Newman Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Sesame Street |   |  
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Doc Severinsen Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ed Shaughnessy Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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George Shearing Group |   |  
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Jack Teagarden Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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The Tonight Show Band |   | 4 RECORDINGS:
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Charlie Ventura Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Dinah Washington Band |   |  
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   1 ALBUMS FOR 1 BANDMATES AND FRIENDS:
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||
Tommy Newsom Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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   3 COLLECTIVE ALBUMS:
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS |
VVAA |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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   84 SESSIONS (FOR 57 ARTISTS):
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||||
Trigger Alpert Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Gene Ammons Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Tony Bennett Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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George Benson Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Stephen Bishop Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Betty Blake Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Bob Brookmeyer Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ray Brown Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Gary Burton Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Helen Caroll Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Betty Carter Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Cozy Cole Group |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Chris Connor Band |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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Bill Evans Trio |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Flow |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jimmy Forrest Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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The Four Lads |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jimmy Giuffre Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Tyree Glenn Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Honi Gordon Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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David Grisman Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Arlo Guthrie Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Johnny Hodges Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Billie Holiday Group |   | 2 COMPILATIONS:
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Jazz Interactions Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Etta Jones Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Hank Jones Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Quincy Jones Orchestra |   | 4 RECORDINGS:
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Beverly Kenney Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Hubert Laws Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Enoch Light Band |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Mundell Lowe Group |   | 8 RECORDINGS:
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Teo Macero Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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The Manhattan Jazz All-Stars |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Charlie Mariano Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Johnny Mathis Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Carmen McRae Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Wes Montgomery Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Maria Muldaur Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Oliver Nelson Group |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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Oscar Peterson Group |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Boots Randolph Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Buddy Rich Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Johnny Richards Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jimmy Ricks Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Bill Russo Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Lalo Schifrin Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Shirley Scott Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Jack Sheldon Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jimmy Smith Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ted Straeter Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ed Summerlin Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Clark Terry Group |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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Cal Tjader Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Mal Waldron Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Chuck Wayne Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Disclaimer: I don´t own or upload any of the videos linked here. I just include links to live videos that are already available, in order to show the work of this musician. Anyway, if someone feels that some link shouldn't be included, please write me at the email address shown below. And if you know of more videos featuring Ed Shaughnessy, please, also write me with the link.
- Buddy Rich & Ed Shaughnessy - Drum Battle Buddy Rich & Ed Shaughnessy in an interesting drum battle. (Resolution: 480)
Featuring: Buddy Rich, Ed Shaughnessy.
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Ed Shaughnessy mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
George Duvivier (30)
Joe Newman (22)
Ernie Royal (21)
Oliver Nelson (20)
Paul Faulise (18)
Mundell Lowe (18)
Phil Woods (18)
Jimmy Cleveland (17)
Clark Terry (17)
Snooky Young (17)
Kenny Burrell (16)
Al Cohn (16)
Urbie Green (15)
Jerome Richardson (15)
Doc Severinsen (15)
Patti Bown (13)
James Buffington (13)
Milt Hinton (13)
Seldon Powell (13)
Bernie Glow (12)
Budd Johnson (12)
Osie Johnson (12)
Phil Bodner (11)
Conte Candoli (11)
Art Davis (11)
Jerry Dodgion (11)
Freddie Green (11)
Tommy Newsom (11)
Joe Wilder (11)
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