Alvin Owen "Red" Tyler (December 5, 1925 – April 3, 1998)[1] was an American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger, regarded as "one of the most important figures in New Orleans R&B".

In 1949 he joined Dave Bartholomew’s R&B band, whose other members included Ernest McLean, Frank Fields, and Earl Palmer.

He went on to play on sessions for Little Richard, Lloyd Price, Aaron Neville, Lee Dorsey, and numerous other rhythm and blues artists, often helping with the songs' arrangements.

[3] In 1955, he began working for Johnny Vincent's Ace Records as an A&R man, and oversaw sessions by Huey "Piano" Smith, Frankie Ford and others.

He also recorded an album, Rockin' and Rollin', credited to "Alvin 'Red' Tyler and the Gyros", with a band that included Fields, Allen Toussaint, and James Booker.