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In 1932 Ladnier recorded and played live with Sidney Bechet as the New Orleans Feetwarmers. When work dried up during the Depression, the duo opened the Southern Tailor shop from 1933 to 1934 in New York, but the venture didn't work out. Tommy dropped out of sight for a few years, but was rediscovered in 1938 by French Jazz critic Hughes Panassie. He recorded the "Panassie Sessions" with Bechet and Mezz Mezzrow.
In 1917 New Orleans Trumpet man Thomas "Tommy" Ladnier moved to Chicago, and found work in a touring band. In 1921 he went to St. Louis to work with Charlie Creath, and Fate Marable, then returned to Chicago to play with King Oliver. In 1925 Ladnier sailed to Europe with Sam Wooding. In 1926 he returned to New York and then became the hot trumpet soloist with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. He returned to Europe with Wooding in 1928 and worked with Benny Peyton and Noble Sissle in 1930.