Joe Thomas was born on July 24, 1909 in Webster Groves, Missouri, USA. He was married to Babe Matthews. He died on August 6, 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.