SAUNDERS, THEODORE D.

SAUNDERS, THEODORE D. (RED). Jazz drummer (2 March 1912 in Memphis, Tennessee; 4 March 1981 in Chicago, Illinois). He obtained his musical training in the public schools of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He settled in Chicago, Illinois, during the early 1930s; thereafter he played with various groups, including Tiny Parham. Beginning in 1937 he led his own groups, including long residencies at the Club DeLisa (1937-58) and the Regal Theatre (1960-67), and occasionally played with others, among them, ...