Fred Adison
Albert Lapeyrère, better known as Fred Adison (September 15, 1908, Bordeaux - August 25, 1996, Nice) was a French jazz and light music vocalist, drummer, and bandleader. He studied piano and violin before switching to drums. As a teenager, he became passionate about jazz and formed a small ensemble with his friends. This troupe toured France and based itself in Paris in 1931, where it scored silent short films by Charlie Chaplin and others. Alongside the orchestras of Ray Ventura and Jacques Hélian, Adison's band (often billed as Fred Adison and His Collegians) was one of the principal French backing groups for singers and films in the 1930s. Adison also recorded copiously, and released many 78rpm commercial recordings during this time. After the onset of World War II, he toured with Django Reinhardt in September–October 1940, and continued writing music for film. He was imprisoned in a Nazi war camp in 1943. Following the war, he led a new big band. In 1952, Charles Spiessert, owner of Cirque Pinder, hired Fred Adison to conduct the circus orchestra, a position he held until 1962. He accompanied Luis Mariano and Gloria Lasso during this time and recorded several albums of circus music. Following this, Adison went into semi-retirement, occasionally playing with small ensembles and dance orchestras on television. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia (U.K.) | CL4353 | 10-in. | 3/11/1933 | Le dernier preux | Fred Adison ; Fred Adison Orchestre du Maxim's | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL4354 | 10-in. | 3/11/1933 | Elle s'appelle Miss Helyett | Fred Adison ; Emilio Armengol ; Fred Adison Orchestre du Maxim's | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | leader | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL4355 | 10-in. | 3/11/1933 | Quand on est veinard | Fred Adison ; Fred Adison Orchestre du Maxim's | Instrumental ensemble | leader | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL4356 | 10-in. | 3/11/1933 | Un p'tit coin d'amour | Fred Adison ; Fred Adison Orchestre du Maxim's | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Adison, Fred," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/368582.
Adison, Fred. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/368582.
"Adison, Fred." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Adison, Fred - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83149999
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ISNI: 0000 0000 5513 5392 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000055135392
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