René Thomas (guitarist)
René Thomas 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
- Rene Thomas et Son Quintette
- Guitar Groove
- Thomas/Jasper Quintet
- Meeting Mister Thomas
- Eddy Louiss-Kenny Clarke-René Thomas
- TPL
- Blue Note Paris 1964
- Guitar Genius
- Guitar Genius Vol. 2
- Hommage a...Rene Thomas
As sideman
- Toshiko Akiyoshi, United Notions
- Chet Baker, Chet Is Back!
- Lou Bennett, Echoes & Rhythms of My Church
- Lou Bennett, Pentacostal Feeling
- Sonny Criss, Mr Blues Pour Flirter
- Stan Getz, Dynasty
- Ingfried Hoffmann, Hammond Tales
- Daniel Humair, Surrounded 1964/87
- Bobby Jaspar, The Bobby Jaspar Quartet at Ronnie Scott's 1962
- John Lewis, A Milanese Story
- Bud Powell, Parisian Thoroughfares
- Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass
- Jack Sels, Jack Sels
- Lucky Thompson, A Lucky Songbook in Europe
