Saturday, September 3, 2011

Jazz multi-instrumentalist Mason “Country” Thomas dead at 85

From source By Rugrat

Mr. Thomas, who grew up in the Washington area, became entranced by jazz after hearing clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw on the radio. Mr. Thomas mostly played reed instruments, including the saxophone ... Mr. Thomas specialized in a traditional jazz sound of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, with a repertoire that included music initially popularized by entertainers as diverse as Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and Eddie Condon. Among the musicians Mr. Thomas later played with at ...

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