Jazz, dance and popular music · added September 14, 2026

Claude Thomas Orchestra

Candidate group · high confidence

What the evidence supports

Reported performing for a Muskogee ball, with Launelia Bell at piano.

Exact event date, residence, personnel and standing-versus-event ensemble status unresolved.

Confidence detail: high. Evidence notes are not a count of distinct ensembles.

Oklahoma Eagle, February 5, 1953, p. 3