Thomas Valentine, commonly known as Kid Thomas was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
Kid Thomas was born in Reserve, Louisiana and came to New Orleans in his youth. He gained a reputation as a hot trumpet man in the early 1920s. Starting in 1926 he led his own band, for decades based in the New Orleans suburb of Algiers, Louisiana. The band was long popular with local dancers.
Kid Thomas had perhaps the city's longest lasting old-style traditional jazz dance band. Unlike many other musi...
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