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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28 May 1900 Mandeville, Louisiana
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Died |
4 June 1939 (aged 39) Harlem, Manhattan, New York
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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