Kid Thomas Valentine

Kid Thomas Valentine: The Thomas Band at Moose Hall, 1968 Vol. 1

by Dave Nathan
May 1, 2001

Kid Thomas was72 when he took his Algiers Band into Moose Hall in Stamford, CT. The performance was recorded but languished in the vaults of the Connecticut Jazz Club for more than 32 years. Shame on somebody. But happily Bill Bissonnette's enterprising Jazz Crusade label found them and this CD is the first of a multi volume release. Thomas was a master of lyricism and could create novel sounds from the instrument. Listen to his work on “Kid Thomas Boogie ...