Thomas Jefferson (June 20, 1920 – December 13, 1986) was an American Dixieland jazz trumpeter, strongly influenced by Louis Armstrong.
[2] Jefferson played with Papa Celestin's orchestra in 1936, as well as with New Orleans jazz musicians such as Sidney Desvigne and Armand "Jump" Jackson.
In 1966, Andrew Morgan recruited Jefferson to play lead trumpet for the Young Tuxedo Brass Band.
[5] Jazz critic Scott Yanow called Jefferson "one of the finest trumpeters in New Orleans during the 1950s and 1960s.
"[1] Jefferson had a cameo as a jazz musician in the film Hard Times (1975).