years_active birth_place name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
1948-1970s brooklyn , new york , united states arthur edgehill non_vocal_instrumentalist 21 july 1926 drums jazz , hard bop arthur edgehill
 arthur edghill drummer
arthur edgehill

arthur edgehill -lrb- b. brooklyn , n.y. , 21 july 1926 -rrb- -lrb- originally spelt edghill -rrb- is a hard bop jazz drummer active in the 1950s , 60s and 70s , appearing on several of the prestige recordings recorded at the successive van gelder studios , in hackensack and englewood cliffs , including mal waldron 's debut album , `` mal-1 '' -lrb- 1956 -rrb- , but especially with eddie `` lockjaw '' davis and shirley scott .
his first professional work was touring with mercer ellington in 1948 , and in 1953 he toured with ben webster .
he played with kenny dorham 's jazz prophets in 1956 and with gigi gryce and in 1957-58 toured with dinah washington .
he was a member of eddie `` lockjaw '' davis ' quartet with george duvivier and/or wendell marshall , and shirley scott , and appears on several of scott 's recordings , including her debut album , `` great scott ! ''
-lrb- 1958 -rrb- , as well as on the classic `` very saxy '' -lrb- 1959 -rrb- , featuring eddie `` lockjaw '' davis , buddy tate , coleman hawkins , and arnett cobb on tenors , an album recorded shortly after `` blow arnett , blow '' -lrb- 1959 -rrb- .
as well as appearing on recordings with the above lineups , he also played in quartets led by horace silver , including one featuring cecil payne , in 1954 , and at minton 's with hank mobley and doug watkins , a lineup that also jammed on one occasion with charlie parker and annie laurie .
