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Tommy Ladnier

American jazz trumpeter
Thomas James Ladnier 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. Wikipedia
Born: May 28, 1900, Mandeville, LA
Died: June 4, 1939 (age 39 years), Harlem, New York, NY
Full name: Thomas James Ladnier
Instrument(s): Trumpet