Walter Thomas (musician)

Walter " Foots " Thomas (* 1907 in Muskogee (Oklahoma ); † August 26, 1981 in New York City ) was an American jazz musician ( saxophone, clarinet, flute, arrangement ) and band leader ..

" Foots " Thomas, brother of saxophonist Joe Thomas, in 1927 came to New York and worked for a time at Jelly Roll Morton. In 1929 he became a member of Missourians, then he moved to the Cab Calloway Orchestra. In 1943 he left the band to work with Don Redman. In 1944, he appeared at the Savoy sessions of Cozy Cole All Stars with and took under his own name some 78s with an all - star band on to the next Cole and Coleman Hawkins, Budd Johnson, Ben Webster Clyde Hart, Oscar Pettiford and Milt Hinton belonged. Since the 1940s, he lived in Englewood (New Jersey). In later years he worked full time as a manager and was next to mentor Jackie McLean.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Coleman Hawkins 1944-1945 ( Classics )
• Walter Thomas: Unissued Bean and Ben Takes 1944 ( Harlequin )
• Ben Webster 1944-1946 ( Claasics )

Swell

• Bielefeld catalog 1988
• Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9

• Jazz clarinetist
• Jazz saxophonist
• Jazz flutist
• American musician
• Born 1907
• Died in 1981
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