City - Chicago IL - Red Saunders and his band 1942 Canvas Print

Colorized photo from 1942
Original title: "Red" Sounders, drummer and his band at Club DeLisa
Photographer: Jack Delano
Location: 5521 S. State Street, Chicago, IL

This is Red Saunders, for some reason, maybe due to how loud it was there, the photographer thought his name was Red Sounders. From there it stuck, and if you look for that name, you will find this face. Anyway, he was a jazz drummer and band leader, born 1912, died 1981, at the age of 69. He is here with his band in Club DeLisa in Chicago.

He mostly played the drums, but he could also by the vibraphone and timpani. Saunders was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and after his mother's death, moved to Chicago with his sister. There he took drum lessons while attending a boarding school in Milwaukee. There he received a music scholarship to the University of Texas and became a professional musician in 1928, playing in Stomp King's band.

He then spent several years touring the country as a drummer till...

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