Gordon Thomas
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Gordon Thomas is a 93-year-old singer/songwriter based in New York City. He has been recording and independently releasing his own music since the late 1960s. Before that, he was a big-band trombonist who worked with many artists including Dizzy Gillespie. Gordon is also an artisan who makes all his own clothes with a needle and thread. His songs – catchy and simple, peculiar and personal – are a kind of musical folk art. For years, Gordon Thomas’ life was a mystery even to his tiny but devoted
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gordon
- Family name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wales
- Place of death
- Bath
- Spouse
- Annie Nightingale
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Country for sport
- Wales
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- date of birth
- 1933-02-21
- date of death
- 2017-03-03
- different from
- Gordon Thomas
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- relative
- Dylan Thomas
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