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Kid Thomas Valentine

tr, 1896-1987 US
Singer / Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Thomas Valentine

Thomas Valentine, commonly known as Kid Thomas (3 February 1896 - 18 June 1987) 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.He is not to be confused with the Chicago harmonica blues vocalist artist Kid Thomas Watts.

     
Instruments
  • Trumpet
  • Vocals
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Blues
  • R&B/Soul
Plays With
Kid Thomas And His Algiers Stompers
Kid Thomas And His Creole Jazz Band
Kid Thomas' Dixieland Band
The December Band
Lemon Nash
The New Iberia Stompers
Orange Kellin's New Orleans Joymakers
Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Live In Denmark, Vol. 3Kid Thomas Valentine & Louis Nelson1999Album
Kid Thomas & Earl Humphrey With Orange Kellin's New Orleans JoymakersKid Thomas Valentine & Earl Humphrey With Orange Kellin's New Orleans Joymakers1996Album
In Denmark Vol.1Kid Thomas Valentine, Louis Nelson1996Album
Sonnets From AlgiersKid Thomas Valentine1995Album
The Dance Hall YearsKid Thomas Valentine1993Compil.
The First Recordings: The Original 1951 SessionKid Thomas Valentine, Kid Thomas And His Algiers Stompers1993Album
The Rudy Balliu Society Serenaders With Kid Thomas ValentineThe Rudy Balliu Society Serenaders With Kid Thomas Valentine1983Album
In EnglandKid Thomas Valentine With Sammy Rimington1981Album
Kid Thomas 1981 With Sammy RimingtonKid Thomas Valentine1981Album
Kid Thomas Featuring Alton PurnellKid Thomas Valentine Featuring Alton Purnell1978Album
Kid Thomas At Moulin RougeKid Thomas Valentine1976Album
Kid Thomas Valentine & The Jeggpap New Orleans JazzbandThe Jeggpap New Orleans Jazz Band With Kid Thomas Valentine1976Album
Jazz, Gospel & Blues: Living New Orleans Jazz - 1973Kid Thomas Valentine1974Album
New Orleans Today Volume 6The Cotton City Jazzband With Louis Nelson, Kid Thomas Valentine1973Album
Living New Orleans Jazz - 1973Kid Thomas Valentine1973Album
American Music By Kid Thomas, Big Eye NelsonKid Thomas Valentine, Louis Nelson1972Album
Thomas Valentine At Kohlman's TavernKid Thomas Valentine1972Album
Kid Thomas' JazzbandKid Thomas Valentine1972Album
On TourKid Thomas Valentine & Sammy Penn1967Album
Red WingKid Thomas Valentine, Sammy Rimington, The Easy Riders Jazz Band1966Album
New Orleans Renaissance Vol IIKid Thomas Valentine, Emanuel Paul, The Easy Riders Jazz Band1966Album
We Three KingsKid Thomas Valentine - Emanuel Paul - George "Kid Sheik" Cola1964Album
Ragtime StompersKid Thomas Valentine - George Lewis1962Album
'Kid' Thomas & Louis Nelson With The New Iberia StompersKid Thomas Valentine & Louis Nelson With The New Iberia StompersAlbum
In Denmark Vol.1Kid Thomas Valentine, Louis NelsonAlbum
Kid Thomas And The New Black Eagle Jazz BandKid Thomas Valentine And The New Black Eagle Jazz BandAlbum
Preservation Of Dixieland Jazz Volume 2Kid Thomas Valentine With Louis NelsonAlbum
Love Songs Of The NileKid Thomas Valentine, The Easy Riders Jazz BandAlbum
In Denmark Vol. 2Kid Thomas Valentine, Louis NelsonAlbum
Les Grands Moments Du Jumping Jazz FestivalLes Haricots Rouges, Gilbert Leroux, Benny Waters, Claude Luter, Kid Thomas Valentine, Victor LeedCompil.
New Orleans JazzKid Thomas Valentine Featuring Sister Annie PavageauSingle
A Portrait OfKid Thomas ValentineAlbum
Ragtime StompersKid Thomas Valentine, George LewisAlbum
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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.
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