Jazz Focus Joe Thomas - great trumpet in the 1940's
Apr 8, 2021
58:40
Joe Thomas! Another podcast by the criminally underrated trumpet player Joe Thomas. Known for playing with Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter, Barney Bigard and a host of others . .these mid 1940's sides feature him at his peak - his own band recording for HRS (featuring his wife Babe Matthews on vocals with Lem Davis, Ted Nash and Jimmy Jones), with the Don Byas All Star Quintet with Johnny Guarnieri and the Joe Marsala Sextet in a wild amalgam of dixie, swing and bop featuring Adele Girard on harp, Chuck Wayne on guitar and Charlie Queener on piano (guest appearance by Leonard Feather on piano and Linda Keene on vocals)