Kid Thomas Valentine
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American jazz musician (1896–1987)
Film & TV
Louisiana, USA
Known for
- Always for Pleasure — Self - Band Leader, Trumpet Player1978
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Thomas Valentine, commonly known as Kid Thomas (3 February 1896 - 18 June 1987) was a 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 ba
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Reserve
- Place of death
- New Orleans
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- Riverside
- Work location
- New Orleans
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- date of birth
- 1896-02-03
- date of death
- 1987-06-16
- name in native language
- Thomas "Kid Thomas" Valentine
- start of work period
- 1920-00-00
- nickname
- Kid Thomas
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