| LC control no. | n 82063183 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kid Thomas, 1896-1987 |
| Variant(s) | Thomas, Kid, 1896-1987 Valentine, Kid Thomas, 1896-1987 Valentine, Thomas, 1896-1987 |
| Biography/History note | Kid Thomas (1896-1987) was a New Orleans jazz trumpet player and bandleader. |
| Birth date | 18960203 |
| Death date | 19870616 |
| Place of birth | Reserve (La.) |
| Place of death | New Orleans (La.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Trumpet players |
| Found in | Kid Thomas. [Phonodisc] 1967. Grove music online, Apr. 3, 2007 (Valentine, Kid Thomas (Thomas, Kid; Valentine, Thomas); b. Feb. 3, 1896, Reserve, LA, d. June 16, 1987, New Orleans; American trumpeter and band leader) African American National Biography, accessed April 07, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Valentine, Kid Thomas; jazz musician, trumpeter, trombonist; born 03 February 1896 in Reserve, Louisiana, United States; formed a band called the Niles (by 1915); became a leader of Elton Theodore's band at the Beleville Gardens; began playing in Marrero at the Moulin Rouge Club (by 1936); began recording with the Algiers Stompers and had issued many popular recordings (by 1954); he and the clarinetist George Lewis took the Preservation Hall band on tour throughout the United States (1963); his best recordings include the LP albums Kid Thomas' Algiers Stompers (1951), Kid Thomas at the Moulin Rouge (1956), Kid Thomas at Kohlman's Tavern (1968), and Kid Thomas 1981 (1981); died 16 June 1987 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) |
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