Joe Thomas
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Joseph Vankert Thomas was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and vocalist. Biography Thomas was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States, on June 19, 1909. His first band job was with the Earl Hood Orchestra. After eight months Horace Henderson offered him a job. Thomas played alto sax under Hood and Henderson, but played tenor from the time he joined Stuff Smith's band in 1932.
