Ed Blackwell (October 10, 1929 – October 7, 1992) was a jazz drummer.

Blackwell first came to national attention as the drummer with Ornette Coleman's quartet around 1960. He is known as one of the great innovators of the free jazz of the 1960s, fusing New Orleans and African rhythms with bebop. After years of kidney problems, he died in 1992.

Selected discography

Ornette Coleman

• This Is Our Music
• Ornette On Tenor
• Ornette!
• Free Jazz
• Eric Dolphy/Booker Little

Dewey Redman

• Tarik
• Red And Black

Old And New Dreams

• Old And New Dreams (Black Saint)
• Old And New Dreams (ECM)
• Playing
• Tribute To Ed Blackwell

David Murray

• Ming's Samba

Joe Lovano

• From The Soul