Leon "Leo" Adde (April 21, 1904 – March 1, 1942) was an American jazz drummer.

Career

Adde began by playing the cigar box on percussion, and played as a duo with Raymond Burke on the streets of New Orleans in the mid-1910s. Adde joined the Halfway House Orchestra under

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early in the 1920s, and played in Johnny Miller's New Orleans Frolickers at the end of the decade. Adde also recorded in the 1920s with

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and with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. In the 1930s, Adde drummed with the

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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.

References

1904 births 1942 deaths American jazz drummers 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians New Orleans Rhythm Kings members {{US-jazz-drummer-stub