Kid Thomas
One of the more controversial of the New Orleans revivalist players of the 1960s, Kid Thomas Valentine was hailed by some partisans as one of the great interpreters of "the real jazz" while others could not get beyond his erratic intonation and his occasionally out-of-tune solos. The feeling was there but the technique tended to be uncertain. However, allowances could be made for his advanced age, since Kid Thomas was still playing when he was 91! Valentine (who was often simply known as Kid Thomas) began playing at the age of ten and when he was 14 he joined the Pickwick Brass Band; his professional career would last 77 years. He worked locally until 1922 when he moved to New Orleans, freelancing in a variety of brass and dancehall bands (including his own Algiers Stompers, which he formed in 1926) throughout the next few decades. Valentine first appeared on records in 1951 and he was a regular at Preservation Hall starting in 1961, often playing with George Lewis.
Valentine participated in tours of the North that were organized by Big Bill Bissonnette, and was one of the last original proponents of the pre-Louis Armstrong New Orleans trumpet style. He recorded fairly frequently after 1951 for such labels as American Music, MNO, Center, Mono, 77, Jazzology, Riverside, Jazz Crusade, Music of New Orleans, San Jacinto, Dixie, Jazz Macon Club, La Croix, Storyville, Paragon, Sonet, Smoky Mary, Maison Bourbon, Honky Tonk, Lulu White's Black Label, Picayune, and Maryland Jazzband.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Rockin' Harmonica Blues Men
Blues - Released by Wolf Records on 19 jun. 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rockin' This Joint Tonight
Jazz - Released by Master Classics Records on 1 jan. 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kid Thomas In England with Sammy Rimington
Jazz - Released by SAM Records on 1 mrt. 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jim Robinson with Kid Thomas, Ernie Cagnolatti & De De Pierce
Jazz - Released by GHB on 19 dec. 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
New Orleans Traditional Jazz Legends, Vol. 4
Jazz - Released by Mardi Gras Records on 25 feb. 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
New Orleans Traditional Jazz Legends, Vol. 3
Kid Thomas, Thomas Jefferson, Percy Humphrey
Jazz - Released by Mardi Gras Records on 5 sep. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live In Denmark, Vol. 4
Jazz - Released by Storyville Records on 20 mrt. 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live In Denmark, Vol. 3
Jazz - Released by Storyville Records on 20 jun. 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live In Denmark, Vol.1
Jazz - Released by Storyville Records on 20 okt. 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Kid Thomas at Moose Hall 1967 (Live)
Jazz - Released by GHB on 9 feb. 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Kid Thomas & Louis Nelson Live at the 100 Club (Live)
Jazz - Released by 504 on 1 jan. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sonnets from Algiers
Jazz - Released by American Music on 15 okt. 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Kid Thomas: The First Recordings
Jazz - Released by American Music on 9 dec. 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Live In Denmark Vol. 2
Jazz - Released by Storyville on 20 okt. 1991
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Here's My Story (Hd Remastered)
Blues - Released by Reborn recordings on 11 jul. 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo