Vernon Andrade (April 24, 1902, Panama – February 8, 1966, New York City) was an American jazz bandleader active primarily in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. Andrade played violin as a teenager and moved to New York in the early 1920s, holding a position in 's orchestra. He picked up double-bass in 1923 and became a bandleader around the same time. He married and moved to a brownstone in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Oddly enough he and Carmen McRae were neighbors and in-laws. He held a regular gig at the Renaissance Casino and also worked the Alhambra Ballroom in Harlem, which featured high-level dancing. Frankie Manning was among Andrade's admirers. He remained at the Renaissance until 1938; members of his band included Pete Briggs, Ernest Hill, and Zutty Singleton.