Ed Shaughnessy

Edwin Thomas "Ed" Shaughnessy (January 29, 1929 – May 24, 2013) was a swing music and jazz drummer long associated with Doc Severinsen and a member of The Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Biography
Shaughnessy was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and grew up in the New York City area, working in the 1940s with George Shearing, Jack Teagarden, and Charlie Ventura. In the 1950s he worked in the Charlie Ventura, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey bands. In the 1960s he played for Count Basie prior to joining The Tonight Show Band. He was the drummer on Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith in 1962 which featured big band arrangements by Oliver Nelson, including the pop hit "Walk on the Wild Side" which peaked at #21 on the Billboard chart. Shaughnessy recorded extensively throughout his career and was known for his drum competitions with Buddy Rich.

Although best known as a big band drummer, Shaughnessy also performed small group work with Gene Ammons, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, Mundell Lowe, Teo Macero, Charles Mingus, Shirley Scott, Jack Sheldon, Horace Silver, and many others. For several years Shaughnessy was a member of the house band at Birdland and other New York clubs. In the early 1970s he was doing similar work in Los Angeles and is credited with discovering Diane Schuur, whom he introduced at the 1976 Monterey Jazz Festival. Shaughnessy played in an early incarnation of the "Sesame Street" orchestra along with percussionist Danny Epstein, reed player Wally Kane, and, on occasion, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli.

He was an endorser of Ludwig drums, Sabian cymbals and Pro-Mark drumsticks.

Shaughnessy was married to Ilene Woods, the original voice of Cinderella, who died in 2010. He died of a heart attack in Calabasas, California at the age of 84. He was cremated. He was survived by his son Daniel, his stepdaughter Stephanie and grandchildren. His other son James preceded him in death from a car accident in 1984.

As sideman
With Trigger Alpert With Gene Ammons With George Barnes With Count Basie With George Benson With Stephen Bishop With Bob Brookmeyer With Gary Burton With Teddy Charles With Jimmy Forrest With Dizzy Gillespie With Jimmy Giuffre With Honi Gordon With Johnny Hodges With Etta Jones With Quincy Jones With Hubert Laws With Peggy Lee With Mundell Lowe With Kathy McCord With Helen Merrill With Maria Muldaur With Oliver Nelson With Joe Newman With Lalo Schifrin With Shirley Scott With Ed Summerlin With Clark Terry With Cal Tjader With Chuck Wayne
 * Trigger Happy! (Riverside, 1956)
 * The Soulful Moods of Gene Ammons (Moodsville, 1962)
 * Guitars Galore (Mercury Records, 1961)
 * Basie Swingin' Voices Singin' (ABC-Paramount, 1966) with the Alan Copeland Singers
 * Broadway Basie's...Way (Command, 1966)
 * Hollywood...Basie's Way (Command, 1967)
 * Basie's Beat (Verve, 1967)
 * Half a Sixpence (Dot, 1967)
 * The Other Side of Abbey Road (A&M, 1970)
 * Bish (ABC, 1978)
 * The Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer (Prestige, 1954)
 * The Groovy Sound of Music (RCA, 1963)
 * New Directions (Prestige, 1953)
 * Collaboration West (Prestige, 1953)
 * Word from Bird (Atlantic, 1957)
 * Jazz In The Garden At The Museum Of Modern Art (Warwick Records, 1960)
 * Soul Street (New Jazz, 1962)
 * Cornucopia (Solid State, 1969)
 * The Music Man (Atlantic, 1958)
 * Honi Gordon Sings (Prestige, 1962)
 * Mess of Blues (Verve, 1964) with Wild Bill Davis
 * From the Heart (Prestige, 1962)
 * Lonely and Blue (Prestige, 1962)
 * Golden Boy (Mercury, 1964)
 * Crying Song (CTI, 1969)
 * Black Coffee (Decca, 1953)
 * The Mundell Lowe Quartet (Riverside, 1955)
 * Guitar Moods (Riverside, 1956)
 * New Music of Alec Wilder (Riverside, 1956)
 * Porgy & Bess (RCA Camden, 1958)
 * TV Action Jazz! (RCA Camden, 1959)
 * Themes from Mr. Lucky, the Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (RCA Camden, 1960)
 * Satan in High Heels (soundtrack) (Charlie Parker, 1961)
 * Kathy McCord (CTI, 1970)
 * American Country Songs (Atco, 1959)
 * Maria Muldaur (Reprise, 1973)
 * Impressions of Phaedra (United Artists, 1962)
 * Happenings with Hank Jones (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Joe Newman with Woodwinds (Roulette, 1958)
 * Joe Newman Quintet at Count Basie's (Mercury, 1961)
 * Between Broadway & Hollywood (MGM, 1963)
 * For Members Only (Impulse!, 1963)
 * Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)
 * Ring Out Joy (Avant-Garde, 1968)
 * Color Changes (Candid, 1960)
 * Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (Moodsville, 1962)
 * Several Shades of Jade (Verve, 1963)
 * Warm Wave (Verve, 1964)
 * The Jazz Guitarist (Savoy, 1956)