James Edward "Eddie" Saunders with Jazz Musicians   Save
Eddie Saunders Papers Audiovisual Series
Description: Disc jockey James Edward "Eddie" Saunders at piano with famous jazz musicians Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and Sara Vaughn, ca. 1950-1959. He was the first African-American disc jockey in the central Ohio area. His career with WVKO radio, Columbus first and only African-American radio station, began in 1948. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01734
Subjects: WVKO (radio station); African American Ohioans; Arts and entertainment
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)