Red Saunders (musician)

Theodore "Red" Saunders (March 2, 1912, Memphis, Tennessee - March 5, 1981, Chicago) was an American jazz drummer. He also played vibraphone and timpani.

Early in his career, Saunders played in Milwaukee and Chicago, playing with Stomp King, and then spent several years working with Tiny Parham at the Savoy Ballroom. In 1937, the Club DeLisa gave Saunders control of his own band, where he remained into the 1950s. Among his sidemen were Leon Washington.

Despite his regular gig, Saunders also played with Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Woody Herman, and recorded with Big Joe Turner. He continued to lead a band at the Regal Theater in Chicago into the 1960s, and played with Little Brother Montgomery and Art Hodes at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in the 1970s.

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