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Belgian musician
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Male
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Birth:
25 February 1927(Liège, Prince-Bishopric of Liège, Holy Roman Empire, Belgium)
Death:
3 January 1975(Santander, Cantabria, Spain)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
René Thomas (25 February 1927 – 3 January 1975) was a jazz guitarist from Belgium.
In the early 1950s, he moved to Paris and became part of the modern jazz scene, playing in the style of Jimmy Raney. Back in Europe in 1962, he toured and recorded with Chet Baker, Bobby Jaspar, Kenny Clarke, Eddy Louiss, Stan Getz, Lucky Thompson, Sonny Criss, Jacques Pelzer, Lou Bennett, Charles "Lolo" Bellonzi, and Ingfried Hoffmann.
Thomas died of a heart attack in Santander, Spain at the age of 47 on 3 January 1975.
Discography
As leader
- Guitar Groove (1960)
- Meeting Mr. Thomas (Sunnyside, 1963)
- Blue Note (Paris, 1964) (Royal, 1964)
- Eddy Louiss-Kenny Clarke-René Thomas (RCA, 1974)
- Hommage a René Thomas (Timeless, 2000)
- Jazz in Paris: The Real Cat (Universal/Verve, 2001)
- Guitaristic (2007)
- René Thomas and His Orchestra (Barclay, 2010)
As sideman
With Chet Baker
- Chet Is Back! (1962)
- Somewhere over the Rainbow (1962)
With others
- Brass/Trio, Sonny Rollins (1958)
- The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon, Dexter Gordon (1960)
- Dynasty, Stan Getz (Verve, 1971)
- From Newport to Nice, Lee Konitz (1992)
- Jazz 'Round Midnight, Duke Ellington (1992)
- The 1954 Paris Sessions, Roy Haynes (2001)