Red Saunders

In a kind of cosmic congregation of nicknames, this Red worked during the Roaring Twenties jazz days with both a Tiny and a Stomp and was a loyal sideman of both Big and Tiny when R&B became a popular style in the '50s. Red Saunders started out life as a Theodore, coming out of Milwaukee as a young drummer and heading for Chicago and a gig backing pianist Stomp King. Saunders would eventually add vibraphone and timpani to his percussion arsenal but first put in several years at the Savoy Ballroom, primarily playing with Tiny Parham. A rival Chicago venue, Club DeLisa, installe...