Joe Thomas was born on 24 July 1909 in Webster Groves, Missouri, USA. He was married to Babe Matthews. He died on 6 August 1984 in New York City, New York, USA.
Jazz trumpeter from St. Louis; played with Fletcher Henderson, Fats Waller, Cozy Cole and Eddie Condon, as well as leading his own sextet. Free-lanced well into his seventies.
