Ade Monsbourgh

{{Short description|Australian jazz clarinetist (1917–2006)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Ade Monsbourgh

| honorific_suffix = AO

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| birth_name = Adrian Herbert Monsbourgh

| alias = Lazy Ade
Father Ade

| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|02|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|07|19|1917|02|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Nathalia, Victoria, Australia

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Instrumentalist

| instrument = {{hlist|Clarinet|alto saxophone|tenor saxophone|trumpet|trombone|recorder}}

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Ade Monsbourgh AO (1917–2006) is an Australian jazz musician known as "Lazy Ade" or "Father Ade".{{Citation | last = Hughes | first = Richard | date = 16 August 2006 | title = It all came easy to the master | periodical = The Sydney Morning Herald | url = https://www.smh.com.au/national/it-all-came-easy-to-the-master-20060816-gdo6md.html }}{{Citation | last = Voce | first = Steve | date = 24 August 2006 | title = 'Lazy Ade' Monsbourgh | periodical = Independent | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lazy-ade-monsbourgh-413095.html }} He was part of the trad jazz movement and primarily played clarinet and alto.{{Citation | last = Yanow | first = Scott | title = Lazy Ade Monsborough | periodical = allmusic | url = https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lazy-ade-monsborough-mn0001813930 }}

In the 1992 Australia Day Honours, Monsbourgh was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "service to music, particularly jazz as a performer and composer".{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/870278|title=Adrian Herbert Monsbourgh|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|access-date=2019-06-18}}