The Club DeLisa, also written Delisa or De Lisa, was an African-American nightclub and music venue in Chicago, Illinois. Located at 5521 South State Street, it was possibly the most prestigious venue in the city, together with the Regal Theater and the Rhumboogie Café, the 800–seat Club DeLisa played a key role in the city's association with jazz, blues, rhythm and blues and soul music. It closed in February 1958, but was re-opened as The Club in 1966.
Dancing to the music of "Red" Saunders and his band at the Club DeLisa, Chicago 1942.
Theodore Dudley "Red" Saunders was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He also played vibraphone and timpani.
"Red" Saunders, drummer, and his band, at the Club DeLisa, Chicago, Illinois
Saunders with his wife and family.