== Data == '''Born:''' Annapolis, Maryland, USA '''Died:''' '''Active:''' 20s-50s '''Instruments:''' Guitar == Biography == '''Addison''' started his career on the banjo, before switching to guitar with [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/eea8a864-fcda-4602-9569-38ab446decd6.html|Armstrong]. He then played with [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/f47d1c94-c3e3-4c84-a42a-6c33e0032839.html|Fletcher Anderson], the [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/fb1080d4-aaf7-430e-b588-6a6ce79e2eb3.html|Mills Brothers], [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/144d2fce-f7a3-4275-b710-40a385e19554.html|Stuff Smith], [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/3d094919-071f-4070-95dc-e1f350e4a5f3.html|Jelly Roll Morton], the [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/75f47650-8a52-494a-8334-c5279bc6db09.html|Ink Spots], [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf1b23ea-9b76-42cf-a5f6-4a691e81af5e.html|Bechet], [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/5c8cb181-38fe-4300-8153-650b2ed0258f.html|Coleman Hawkins], and many others. He also was involved in [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/d59c4cda-11d9-48db-8bfe-b557ee602aed.html|Billie Holiday]'s 30s and 40s sessions. After his last gigs during the late 50s, he began a teaching career and disappeared from the scene. == Discography Highlights == Can be heard on ''I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me'' ([http://musicbrainz.org/artist/eea8a864-fcda-4602-9569-38ab446decd6.html|Armstrong], 1930), ''Blues in Disguise'', ''The Swing Sessions's Called to Order'' (with [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/a3aea435-d1fb-45ca-b38d-411335d4717f.html|Milton Mezzrow], 1937), ''Alabamy Home'' (with the [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/79d5b612-2396-42e0-860a-14c9b18a2f03.html|Gotham Stompers], 1937).