# Leo Adde

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**Leon** "**Leo**" **Adde** (April 21, 1904 – March 1, 1942)[1] was an American [jazz](/source/Jazz) drummer.

## Career

Adde began by playing the [cigar box](/source/Cigar_box) on percussion, and played as a duo with [Raymond Burke](/source/Raymond_Burke_(clarinetist)) on the streets of [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans) in the mid-1910s. Adde joined the Halfway House Orchestra under [Abbie Brunies](/source/Abbie_Brunies) early in the 1920s, and played in Johnny Miller's New Orleans Frolickers at the end of the decade.[2] Adde also recorded in the 1920s with [Johnny Bayersdorffer](/source/Johnny_Bayersdorffer) and with the [New Orleans Rhythm Kings](/source/New_Orleans_Rhythm_Kings).[3]

In the 1930s, Adde drummed with the [Melody Masters](/source/Melody_Master), led by [Sharkey Bonano](/source/Sharkey_Bonano) and [Louis Prima](/source/Louis_Prima)'s brother [Leon Prima](/source/Leon_Prima). He moved with the ensemble to [New York City](/source/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.[4]

## References

1. ["Leon Adde"](https://www.discogs.com/artist/326838-Leon-Adde). *Discogs*. Retrieved 2022-07-08.

1. Hazeldine, Mike (2002). "Adde, Leo". *The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 1*. 2nd ed. Barry Kernfeld (ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 13. ISBN 1561592846.

1. Harrison, Max; Fox, Charles; Thacker, Eric (1999-12-01). [*Essential Jazz Records: Volume 1: Ragtime to Swing*](https://books.google.com/books?id=imfYS0V5aF4C&dq=Leo+Adde+jazz+rhythm+kings&pg=PA45). Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-567-26969-0.

1. ["Leon "Leo" Adde Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More"](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/leon-leo-adde-mn0001305024). *AllMusic*. Retrieved 2022-07-08.

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