Red Saunders

Theodore Dudley "Red" Saunders (March 2, 1912 – March 5, 1981) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He also played vibraphone and timpani.

Birth and Death Data: Born Memphis (city in and county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee, United States), Died March 5, 1981 (Chicago (city and county seat of Cook County, and largest city in State of Illinois, United States of America) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1944 - 1956

Roles Represented in DAHR: drums, leader

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 45 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	CCO5170	10-in.	6/15/1950	Blow, Mr. Low-Blow	Red Saunders Orchestra ; Joe Williams	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5171	10-in.	6/15/1950	Sharecropper boogie	Miss Sharecropper ; Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5172	10-in.	6/15/1950	Chi (Chicago)	Red Saunders Orchestra ; Joe Williams	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5173	10-in.	6/15/1950	Lyin' girl blues	Red Saunders Orchestra ; Joe Williams	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5251	10-in.	4/20/1951	Stop, pretty baby, stop	Red Saunders Orchestra ; Joe Williams	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5252	10-in.	6/15/1950	Mistreatin' woman blues	Red Saunders Orchestra ; Joe Williams	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5253	10-in.	6/15/1950	Week day blues	Red Saunders Orchestra ; Joe Williams	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5254	10-in.	4/20/1951	4 a.m.	Red Saunders Orchestra ; Joe Williams	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5278	10-in.	8/24/1951	Last night's party	Red Saunders Orchestra ; Joe Williams	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5279	10-in.	8/24/1951	Hey bartender	Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5280	10-in.	8/24/1951	Boot 'em up	Red Saunders Orchestra ; Joe Williams	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5281	10-in.	8/24/1951	Sugar bounce	Red Saunders Orchestra ; Joe Williams	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5284	10-in.	8/25/1951	It's just what you think	Ray Orlando ; Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5285	10-in.	8/25/1951	Lonely	Ray Orlando ; Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5314	10-in.	1/18/1952	Hambone	Hambone Kids ; Dolores Hawkins ; Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal chorus	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5315	10-in.	1/18/1952	La raspa	Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5326	10-in.	3/24/1952	Chicken today and feathers tomorrow	June Davis ; Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5327	10-in.	3/24/1952	I played the fool	June Davis ; Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5328	10-in.	3/24/1952	A long dark hallway (with a low ceiling)	Red Saunders Orchestra ; Barbara Reeves	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5329	10-in.	3/24/1952	Don't go	Red Saunders Orchestra ; Barbara Reeves	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5330	10-in.	4/3/1953	Zeke'l Zeke'l	Hambone Kids ; Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5331	10-in.	4/3/1953	Piece a-puddin'	Hambone Kids ; Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5332	10-in.	4/3/1953	Portrait of vintage P. McWorm	Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5400	10-in.	1/21/1953	Mambo in trumpet	Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, drums, leader
Columbia	CCO5401	10-in.	1/21/1953	Honky tonk train blues	Red Saunders Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, drums, leader

(Results 1-25 of 45 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Saunders, Red," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/342394.

Saunders, Red. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/342394.

"Saunders, Red." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.