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American jazz drummer, vibraphonist, composer and bandleader.
Born: March 2, 1912 in Memphis, Tennessee - Died: March 5, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois.

Red played with Stomp King, Tiny Parham, and with own bands (1937-1963), Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Woody Herman, Big Joe Turner, Little Brother Montgomery, Art Hodes, among others.

APPEARANCES +


Various
No Blow, No Show - Southern Bred Vol.25 Tennessee & Arkansas R&B Rockers
2022, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records, ,
Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Woody Herman
The Complete Woody Herman Decca, Mars And MGM Sessions (1943-1954)
2019, 7xCD, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2), ,
Swing/Big Band
Various
Drums - Milestones Of Jazz Legends
2017, 10xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Documents, The Intense Media, ,
Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Big Band/Hard Bop
Count Basie & His Atomic Band*
Complete Live At The Crescendo 1958
2016, 5x CD, ,
Big Band/Swing
Red Saunders And His Orchestra* / The Royals
Voodoo Blues / Gas Happy Mama
2015, 7", Single, Okeh
Various
Roots Of Funk (1947-1962)
2015, 3xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Afro-Cuban/Bayou Funk/Boogaloo/Cha-Cha/Cubano/Descarga/Funk/Jazz-Funk/Mambo/Son/Latin Jazz/Soul
LaVern Baker
The Complete Singles As & Bs 1949-62
2015, 3xCDr, Comp, Acrobat, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Johnny Jones*
Doin' The Best I Can
2015, 2xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, RM, JSP Records, ,
Chicago Blues
Various
Plug It In! Turn It Up! (Electric Blues The Definitive Collection! Part 1 1939-1954)
2012, 3x CD, ,
Electric Blues
Count Basie And His Orchestra*
April In Paris
2011
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Greatest Hits And Favorites
2010, 3xCD, Golden Stars
Various
Blues, Blues Christmas 1925 - 1955 (In The Blues, Jazz, Boogie-Woogie And Gospel Spirit)
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Document Records (2), ,
Holiday/East Coast Blues/Chicago Blues
Jo Stafford
You Belong To Me
2005, 2xCD, Comp, RAJON, ,
Vocal/Swing/Ballad/Soft Rock/Easy Listening
Count Basie
The Complete Clef / Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings
2005, 8x CD Box Set, Box Set, ,
Big Band/Swing
Various
Jukebox Jazz! From The Southside Of Chicago
2005, ,
Big Band/Vocal
Jo-Jo Adams*
The Chronological Jo-Jo Adams 1946-1953
2004, CD, Comp, Classics (11), ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
The United Records Story
2004, CD, Comp, Delmark Records, Delmark Records
Various
Delmark Records 50 Years Of Jazz And Blues - Blues
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Delmark Records,
T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Blues: The Essential Recordings Of T-Bone Walker
2000, CD, Comp, Indigo Recordings, Indigo Recordings, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
Roots Of Rhythm: Sweet Home Chicago
2000, CD, Comp, Universal Music Special Markets
Various
Long Man Blues
2000
Woody Herman
The Woody Herman Story
2000
Spanky & Our Gang
Greatest Hits
1999, CD,
Various
Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Story 1945-1955-Midwest Blues
1997, 2xCD, Comp, Mercury
Various
Bootin' The Boogie -- The Birth Of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 2
1997, 2x CD, Box Set Slipcase, ,
Jump Blues/Boogie/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll
Albert Ammons
1936-1946 (Alternate Takes, Radio Performances, Unissued Home Recordings)
1997
Various
Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story 1945-1955
1996, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Mercury, ,
Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Grant "Mr. Blues" Jones*
In The Dark 1949-1958
1994, CD, Comp, RM, Rst Records,
Joe Williams
Joe Williams Sings
1994, CD, Album, Mono, RE, RM, Savoy Jazz, ,
Cool Jazz
Little Brother Montgomery's State Street Swingers Featuring Preston Jackson And Ikey Robinson
Goodbye Mister Blues
1993, CD, Album, Delmark Records
Elmore James
The Sky Is Crying: The History Of Elmore James
1993, CD, ,
Chicago Blues
Joe Williams
Every Day The Best Of The Verve Years
1993, 2x CD,
Various
The OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story: 1949-1957
1993, 3x CD, Box Set, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
Atlantic Blues
1991, 4x CD, Box Set, ,
Piano Blues/Chicago Blues
The Spaniels
Play It Cool
1990
Big Joe Turner
Greatest Hits
1987, Vinyl Specialty pressing, ,
Jump Blues
Little Brother Montgomery
Rare Recordings 1930-1969
1987
Various
The 1950's -The Singers
1987, Vinyl, ,
Vocal
Big Joe Turner
Rhythm & Blues Years
1986, 2x Vinyl Specialty Pressing, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
Oakie Boogie (Capitol Country Vol. 2)
1986
Various
Atlantic Blues: Guitar
1986, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Chicago Blues
Various
Atlantic Blues: Vocalists
1986, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,
Various
Okeh Rhythm & Blues
1982, 2x Vinyl, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
Original Rhythm 'N Blues 1948-'52
1977, LP, Comp, Arbee Records, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Big Joe Turner
Have No Fear, Big Joe Turner Is Here
1977, 2x Vinyl, ,
Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues
Edith Wilson With Little Brother Montgomery & The State Street Ramblers
He May Be Your Man (But He Comes To See Me Sometimes)
1976, Vinyl,
Tommy Dorsey
The Best Of Tommy Dorsey 1950-1953
1974, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, MCA Coral, ,
Swing/Big Band
Woody Herman
The Best Of Woody Herman
1973
Various, Eddie South
South Side Jazz
1971, ,
Swing
Leo Parker
The Late Great King Of The Baritone Sax
1971
The Little Brother Montgomery Trio
Mini-Skirt Blues
1969
Spanky & Our Gang
Like To Get To Know You
1968, Vinyl Mercury Press, Gatefold, ,
Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock/Sunshine Pop
The Little Brother Montgomery Trio
New Vicksburg Blues
1966
Various
Die Entwicklung Des Jazz I: Vom Spiritual Zum Modern Jazz
1965, Vinyl, ,
Dixieland/Swing
Link Wray And The Wraymen* / Red Saunders & His Orchestra
Rumble Mambo / Hambone
1963
Junie C. Cobb And His New Hometown Band
Chicago - The Living Legends
1962
Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Joe Williams
One O'Clock Jump
1959, ,
Jump Blues/Big Band/Swing
The Kirby Stone Four
The Kirby Stone Touch
1959
Guy Warren With Red Saunders Orchestra* Under Direction Of Gene Esposito
Africa Speaks America Answers
1957
Joe Williams
Sings Everyday
1956
Joe Turner And His Blues Kings*
Hide And Seek / Midnight Cannonball
1955
Red Saunders & His Orch.*
Mistreatin' Woman Blues / Hey Bartender
1955, Vinyl, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
Votre Thé En Musique
1954, LP, Album, Comp, Columbia, ,
Bolero
Joe Turner And His Blues Kings*
TV Mama / Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop
1954
Mercury All-Stars
Adventures In Hi-Fi / I Got Rhythm
1954
Red Saunders And His Orchestra*
Mambo In Trumpet / Probably
1953
Jean Stamford And Francis Payne
Hambone / A-Round The Corner
1952, 7", Remington
Enoch Light And His Orchestra Featuring Artie Malvin And Sally Coe / Artie Malvin With Enoch Light And His Orch. And Chorus*
Hambone / The Gandy-Dancers' Ball
1952, 10", Prom (2)
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
Hambone / Come What May
1952
Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
Hambone / Let's Have A Party
1952
Red Saunders & His Orch.*
Boot 'Em Up / Hambone
1952
Red Saunders And His Orchestra*
Zeke'l Zeke'l / La Raspa
1952
Tennessee Ernie* With Cliffie Stone's Orchestra*
Hambone / The Gandy Dancer's Ball
1952, Shellac, ,
Country/Rockabilly/Western Swing
Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine
In The Cool, Coo, Cool Of The Evening / Hambone
1951, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Red Saunders And His Orchestra*
Stop, Pretty Baby, Stop / 4 A.M.
1951,
Dorothy Donegan
D.D.D. / Ridin´ Boogie
1950, Acetate, 10", Columbia
Red Saunders And His Orchestra*
Blow, "Mr. Low-Blow" / Lyin' Girl Blues
1950,
Sugar Chile Robinson
Say, Little Girl / Bouncing Ball Boogie
1950
Joe Turner And His Boogie-Woogie Boys*
Miss Brown Blues / I'm Sharp When I Hit The Coast
1947, Shellac, 10", National Records (2)
Joe Turner And His Boogie Woogie Boys
Sally Zu-Zaz / Rock O' Gibralter
1947, Shellac, 10", National Records (2), ,
Boogie Woogie/Vocal
Red Saunder's Sextette*
Red's Boogie Woogie / Hallelujah
1946, Shellac, 10", Savoy Records
"Red" Saunders Band* / "Sonny" Thompson*
Vi, Tell Me Why / Sonny's Boogie
1946, Shellac, 10", A Sultan Recording
Eddie Wiggins Sextette / "Red" Saunders And His Band*
Orientale / Red, The Be Bop Guy
1946, Shellac, 10", A Sultan Recording
T-Bone Walker With Marl Young And His Orchestra
I'm Still In Love With You / Sail On Boogie
1945
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Vintage Collections
CD, Comp, Capitol Nashville, ,
Country
Jo Stafford And Frankie Laine / Harry James And His Orchestra
Hambone / Blacksmith Blues
Shellac, 10", Columbia
Tennessee Ernie*
Hambone / Sweet Temptation
Shellac, 10", Capitol Records
Various
Ladies Of Pop
10xCD, Comp, Mono + Box, The Intense Media, Documents
Various
CBS Spectacular
LP, Comp, CBS, CBS, CBS
Normanaires*, Terry Merritt, Joe Lewis (23), George Fisher*, Air Check Orchestras
Hambone
10", Air Check (2)
Various
The Blacksmith Blues
Sugar Chile Robinson
Go Boy Go
Frankie Laine with Doris Day, Jo Stafford
How Lovely Cooks The Meat / Hambone
Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
Frankie Laine And Jo Stafford
Bill Haley
The Best Of Bill Haley
Various
Cuba In America 1939-1962
2016, 3xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés
Various
Roots Of Hip Hop
2008, ,
Boogie Woogie/Gospel/Rhythm & Blues/Doo Wop
Various
Jukebox Jazz! From The Southside Of Chicago
2003
Various
The Okeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949 - 1957
1993, 3x Cassette, Box Set, ,
Rhythm & Blues
Various
Leapin' On Lenox
LP, Comp, Moonshine, Moonshine,
Various
For No Matter How I Dream It Always Makes Me Cry
2020, Cass, Comp, Unofficial, The Loathed Sound Department
Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Joe Williams
One O'Clock Jump
1999, ,
Big Band/Swing/Cool Jazz
Elmore James
The Sky Is Crying: The History Of Elmore James
1998