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Tommy Ladnier

[b]Tommy Ladnier[/b] (May 28, 1900 – June 4, 1939) was an American jazz trumpeter. In 1917 Ladnier moved north to Chicago from New Orleans, and found work in a touring band. In 1921 he began to play with [a=King Oliver]. In 1926 he went to New York and became the hot trumpet soloist with the [a=Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra]. He traveled to Europe in 1928 and worked with [b]Benny Peyton[/b], and [a=Noble Sissle And His Sizzling Syncopators] in 1930. In 1932 Ladnier recorded and played live with [a=Sidney Bechet] as [a=New Orleans Feetwarmers] but as work dried up during the Depression the duo opened the [b]Southern Tailor shop[/b] from 1933 to 1934 in New York, but it didn't work out. Ladnier dropped out of sight for a few years, but was rediscovered in 1938, by French Jazz critic [a=Hugues Panassié]. Ladnier recorded the [r=3934097] with Bechet and [a=Mezz Mezzrow] but died suddenly in 1939 from a heart attack. Born: May 28, 1900 in Florence, Louisiana. Died: June 04, 1939 in Geneva, New York.