http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Leo_AddeLeo Adde - Revision history2026-05-15T06:31:22ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.1http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Leo_Adde&diff=6563623&oldid=previmported>Jim Dixon 55104: Updated short description2025-05-04T02:15:02Z<p>Updated short description</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|American jazz drummer (1904–1942)}}{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Leo Adde<br />
| birth_name = Leon Adde<br />
| birth_date = April 21, 1904<br />
| birth_place = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = March 1, 1942 (aged 37)<br />
| genre = [[Jazz]]<br />
| instruments = [[Drums]]<br />
}}<br />
[[File:JohnnyBayersdorfferOrch.jpg|thumb|Johnny Bayersdorffer's Jazzola Novelty Orchestra, New Orleans. Left to right: Chink Martin Abraham, brass bass; Tom Brown, trombone; Johnny Bayersdorffer, cornet & leader; Leo Adde, drums; Steve Loyacano, banjo; Nunzio Scaglione, clarinet.]]<br />
'''Leon''' "'''Leo'''" '''Adde''' (April 21, 1904 – March 1, 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leon Adde |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/326838-Leon-Adde |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=Discogs |language=en}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] drummer.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Adde began by playing the [[cigar box]] on percussion, and played as a duo with [[Raymond Burke (clarinetist)|Raymond Burke]] on the streets of [[New Orleans]] in the mid-1910s. Adde joined the Halfway House Orchestra under [[Abbie Brunies]] early in the 1920s, and played in Johnny Miller's New Orleans Frolickers at the end of the decade.<ref name="New Grove">{{cite book|last=Hazeldine|first=Mike |title=The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 1|year=2002|publisher=Grove's Dictionaries Inc.|location=New York|isbn=1561592846|edition=2nd|editor=Barry Kernfeld|page=13|chapter=Adde, Leo}}</ref> Adde also recorded in the 1920s with [[Johnny Bayersdorffer]] and with the [[New Orleans Rhythm Kings]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Harrison |first1=Max |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=imfYS0V5aF4C&dq=Leo+Adde+jazz+rhythm+kings&pg=PA45 |title=Essential Jazz Records: Volume 1: Ragtime to Swing |last2=Fox |first2=Charles |last3=Thacker |first3=Eric |date=1999-12-01 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-567-26969-0 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In the 1930s, Adde drummed with the [[Melody Master]]s, led by [[Sharkey Bonano]] and [[Louis Prima]]'s brother [[Leon Prima]]. He moved with the ensemble to [[New York City]], where they sometimes performed as the New Orleans Melody Masters. Later in the decade, he recorded with the New Orleans Owls, and returned to New Orleans before the end of the 1930s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leon "Leo" Adde Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/leon-leo-adde-mn0001305024 |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref><br />
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