Thamon Hayes (October 11, 1899 – August 1, 1978) was a

Dixieland Dixieland jazz, also referred to as traditional jazz, hot jazz, or simply Dixieland, is a style of jazz based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century. The 1917 recordings by the Original Dixieland Jass Band ...

jazz trombonist and composer of the early

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jazz scene, who along with

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composed several of the hits of the Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra such as "South" and the original 1927 version of "

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". He left the band in 1931 to form the Kansas City Rockets, which in 1936 became "Leonard's Rockets". Hayes´ new band were billed by the ''

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'' as "the new wonder band of accomplished musicians", and their first performance was met with unprecedented attention in Kansas City driving the crowds wild.

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