Eddie Thompson b. London 31 May 1925, d. 6 November 1986 was a British jazz pianist.

After studying at the same school for the blind as George Shearing

George Shearing

Sir George Shearing, OBE was an Anglo-American jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles, he had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s...

, Thompson recorded with Victor Feldman

Victor Feldman

Victor Stanley Feldman was a British jazz musician, best known as a pianist.-Early history:...

 in the late 1940s. In the 1950s he worked with Tony Crombie

Tony Crombie

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, Vic Ash

Vic Ash

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, Freddy Randall

Freddy Randall

Frederick James 'Freddy' Randall was an English jazz trumpeter and bandleader born in Clapton, East London.Randall led the St. Louis Four in 1939, and played as a freelance sideman in the early 1940s. He served in the military during World War II, then played with Freddy Mirfield in a group...

 and Tommy Whittle

Tommy Whittle

Tommy Whittle is a British jazz saxophonist.Whittle was born in Grangemouth, Scotland and started playing clarinet at age 12 before taking up the tenor saxophone at 13. He moved to Chatham, Kent at 16 and in 1943 started playing in the dance hall band of Claude Giddins in nearby Gillingham...

 and was house pianist at Ronnie Scott’s from 1959-1960. From 1962 to 1972 he lived and worked in the USA. He led his own trio featuring Len Skeat

Len Skeat

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 and Martin Drew

Martin Drew

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, and which recorded an album with Spike Robinson

Spike Robinson

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. Thompson also formed a duo with Roger Kellaway

Roger Kellaway

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