Real name: Joseph Samuel Thomas

Effective period / Period of releases: 1971 - 2018

American jazz/funk flautist and occasional saxophonist, born May 31, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, died July 26, 2017 in Orange, New Jersey.
Also known as “The Ebony Godfather”.

Other artists with the same name:
Joe Thomas (2) - bassist
Joe Thomas (3) - tenor saxophonist
Joe Thomas (4) - swing trumpeter
Joe Thomas (5) - producer, director, songwriter, associated with Brian Wilson and Soundstage.
Joe Thomas (6) - songwriter, also early jazz saxophonist, most notably with Jelly Roll Morton
Joe Thomas (8) - engineer
For funk/soul singer, songwriter with Enchantment, Michael Stokes see Joe "Jobie" Thomas
For R&B singer see Joe and Joseph Thomas (3)
For early jazz clarinetist see Joseph Thomas (7)
For songwriter of "Ain't Nothing But a House Party" see Joseph Thomas (2)