Tommy Ladnier

Tommy Ladnier
Background information
Birth nameThomas James Ladnier
Born(1900-05-28)May 28, 1900
Mandeville, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedJune 4, 1939(1939-06-04) (aged 39)
Harlem, Manhattan, New York
GenresJazz
InstrumentTrumpet
Years active1921–1939
Formerly ofMezz Mezzrow

Thomas James Ladnier (May 28, 1900 – June 4, 1939) was an American jazz trumpeter. Hugues Panassié – an influential French critic, jazz historian, and renowned exponent of New Orleans jazz – rated Ladnier, sometime on or before 1956, second only to Louis Armstrong.

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