Valentine Residence

“Kid” Thomas Valentine (1897-1987), trumpeter and bandleader, lived here at 825 Vallette Street in 1928. Born in Reserve, LA he moved to Algiers in 1923. He played at Speck’s Moulin Rouge in Marrero and Fireman’s Hall in Westwego in the 1930’s, & formed the Algiers Stompers in the 1940’s. He was among the first to play at the 1950’s jam sessions that were the forerunner of Preservation Hall & then at the hall starting in the 1960’s. He toured Japan with clarinetist George Lewis and traveled throughout the world.