Leo Parker

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Blue Leo 05:05 Tools
Glad Lad 05:16 Tools
Vi 04:40 Tools
Parker's Pals 06:20 Tools
The Lion's Roar 04:54 Tools
Let Me Tell You 'Bout It 04:17 Tools
Mad Lad Returns 04:35 Tools
Jumpin' Leo 04:31 Tools
Low Brown 05:48 Tools
Bad Girl 06:17 Tools
Talkin' the Blues 06:30 Tools
Music Hall Beat 04:56 Tools
TCTB 06:24 Tools
Rollin' with Leo 02:39 Tools
Rollin' With Leo (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2009 Digital Remaster) 06:23 Tools
Bad Girl (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2009 Digital Remaster) 06:15 Tools
Wee Dot 02:39 Tools
Stuffy 05:41 Tools
Talkin' The Blues (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2009 Digital Remaster) 06:28 Tools
Low Brown (long version) 08:20 Tools
Bad Girl - 2009 Digital Remaster 08:20 Tools
Blue Leo - 2005 Digital Remaster 05:07 Tools
Glad Lad (Remastered) 06:26 Tools
Woody 02:47 Tools
The Lion's Roar (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2009 Digital Remaster) 04:53 Tools
Leapin' Leo 03:06 Tools
Glad Lad (2005 Digital Remaster) 05:16 Tools
Rollin' With Leo - 2009 Digital Remaster 06:22 Tools
Low Brown - 2005 Digital Remaster 05:50 Tools
Ineta 02:53 Tools
T.C.T.B. 06:26 Tools
Glad Lad - 2005 Digital Remaster 05:18 Tools
The Lion's Roar - 2009 Digital Remaster 04:19 Tools
El Sino 03:10 Tools
Solitude 03:20 Tools
Let Me Tell You 'Bout It - 2005 Digital Remaster 04:19 Tools
Jumpin' Leo - 2009 Digital Remaster 04:17 Tools
Mad Lad Returns (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2009 Digital Remaster) 04:34 Tools
Talkin' The Blues - 2009 Digital Remaster 04:42 Tools
Music Hall Beat - 2009 Digital Remaster 04:42 Tools
Leaping Leo 03:04 Tools
Parker's Pals - 2005 Digital Remaster 06:22 Tools
Mad Lad Returns - 2009 Digital Remaster 05:39 Tools
Anything Can Happen 03:08 Tools
Vi - 2005 Digital Remaster 04:42 Tools
Stuffy - 2009 Digital Remaster 05:39 Tools
Blue Leo - Remastered 05:39 Tools
The Lion's Roar - 2005 Digital Remaster 04:27 Tools
Rollin With Leo 06:24 Tools
The Lion's Roar (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 03:08 Tools
Jumpin' Leo (Remastered) 05:05 Tools
Let Me Tell You 'Bout It (2005 Digital Remaster) 04:17 Tools
Blue Leo (2005 Digital Remaster) 05:05 Tools
Bad Girl (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 06:22 Tools
TCTB - 2005 Digital Remaster 06:27 Tools
Music Hall Beat (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 04:57 Tools
Music Hall Beat (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2009 Digital Remaster) 04:55 Tools
Tippin' Lightly 03:08 Tools
Stuffy (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2009 Digital Remaster) 05:39 Tools
Hornet 00:00 Tools
Rollin' With Leo (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 05:39 Tools
Bad Girl - Trailer 05:39 Tools
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 02:39 Tools
Solitude (12-19-47) 02:54 Tools
Jumpin' Leo (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2009 Digital Remaster) 05:39 Tools
Mad Lad Returns - Remastered 05:39 Tools
Blue Sails 00:00 Tools
TCTB (2005 Digital Remaster) 06:24 Tools
Parker's Pals (2005 Digital Remaster) 06:20 Tools
Talkin' The Blues (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 06:27 Tools
Candlelight Serenade 03:03 Tools
Leo's Blues 00:00 Tools
Jumpin' Leo (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 04:31 Tools
Talkin' the Blues (Remastered) 03:03 Tools
Stuffy (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 03:08 Tools
Low Brown - Remastered 03:08 Tools
Bad Girl (Remastered) 04:26 Tools
The Lion's Roar (Remastered) 04:26 Tools
Mad Lad Returns (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 06:24 Tools
Darn That Dream 03:04 Tools
Low Brown (Long Version) (2005 Digital Remaster) 08:20 Tools
Mona Lisa 03:17 Tools
Stuffy (Remastered) 02:29 Tools
Mad Lad Returns (Remastered) 02:58 Tools
Jumpin' Leo - Remastered 04:31 Tools
Vi (2005 Digital Remaster) 04:40 Tools
Leo Leaps In - take 3 08:20 Tools
Let Me Tell You ''Bout It 04:19 Tools
Ice Freezes Red 03:06 Tools
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Dub In 02:38 Tools
Music Hall Beat (Remastered) 03:17 Tools
Blue Leo (Remastered) 03:17 Tools
The Lion's Roar - Remastered 03:17 Tools
Glad Lad - Remastered 03:17 Tools
Rollin' With Leo - Remastered 03:17 Tools
El Sino (10-04-47) 03:15 Tools
The Lion's Roar (Bonus Track) 03:06 Tools
Rollin' With Leo (Remastered) 03:06 Tools
Rolling With Parker 02:10 Tools
Mad Lad Boogie 06:31 Tools
The Lion's Roar - Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2009 Digital Remaster 04:55 Tools
The Lion's Roar (2005 Digital Remaster) 04:26 Tools
Vi - Remastered 04:26 Tools
Wild Leo (10-04-47) 02:58 Tools
Rolling With Parker (1) 04:40 Tools
Mona Lisa (07-20-50) 02:58 Tools
Dinky (03-23-48) 02:58 Tools
Talkin' The Blues - Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2009 Digital Remaster 06:31 Tools
Leo Leaps In - take 2 02:10 Tools
Rolling With Parker (2) 06:31 Tools
Wild Leo 02:58 Tools
Wee Dot (12-19-47) 02:45 Tools
Low Brown (2005 Digital Remaster) 02:45 Tools
Leaping Leo (10-04-47) 03:06 Tools
Talkin' The Blues (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2009 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 06:31 Tools
Swinging For Love (03-23-48) 02:32 Tools
I Cross My Fingers 02:39 Tools
Lion Roars 04:26 Tools
Parker's Pals - Remastered 04:26 Tools
TCTB - Remastered 04:26 Tools
Darn That Dream (07-20-50) 03:05 Tools
Let Me Tell You 'Bout It - Remastered 03:05 Tools
Lion Roars (12-19-47) 02:53 Tools
On The House (03-23-48) 03:03 Tools
The New Look (03-23-48) 03:06 Tools
Leo Leaps In - Take 1 02:27 Tools
Mad Lad Returns (07-20-50) 02:55 Tools
Talkin' The Blues - Remastered 02:55 Tools
Mad Lad Boogie (12-19-47) 02:46 Tools
Let Me Tell You' Bout It 04:20 Tools
Ineta (10-04-47) 02:55 Tools
Chase N' The Lion (03-23-48) 02:53 Tools
Leo's Bells (03-23-48) 02:53 Tools
On the House 03:03 Tools
Bad Girl - Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2009 Digital Remaster 06:18 Tools
Cool Leo 02:30 Tools
Sweet Talkin' Leo (03-23-48) 02:28 Tools
Senor Leo (03-23-48) 02:13 Tools
Who's Mad 03:08 Tools
The New Look 05:42 Tools
Music Hall Beat - Remastered 05:42 Tools
Woody (12-28-50) 02:53 Tools
Dinky 02:28 Tools
Leo Leaps In (On The House) (12-28-50) 02:46 Tools
Who's Mad (07-20-50) 02:28 Tools
Swinging for Love 05:42 Tools
Dunky 02:29 Tools
Leo Leaps In 04:31 Tools
Music Hall Beat - Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2009 Digital Remaster 04:57 Tools
Bad Girl (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2009 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 02:28 Tools
Leo Leaps in (On the House) 02:13 Tools
The Lion's Roar [*] 02:13 Tools
I Cross My Fingers (07-20-50) 02:30 Tools
Stuffy - Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2009 Digital Remaster 05:42 Tools
Stuffy - Remastered 05:42 Tools
Rollin' With Leo (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) (2009 Digital Remaster) (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) 02:29 Tools
Let Me Tell You'Bout It 02:29 Tools
Rollin' With Leo - Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2009 Digital Remaster 06:26 Tools
Low Brown [Long Version][*] 02:30 Tools
Jumpin' Leo - Rudy Van Gelder Edition;2009 Digital Remaster 04:31 Tools
Ray Of Light 04:31 Tools
Sweet Talkin' Leo 04:31 Tools
Low Brown - Long Version;2005 Digital Remaster 08:23 Tools
Solitude (12-28-50) 08:23 Tools
Ineta (10-04-47) 08:23 Tools
Rolling With Parker (12-28-50) 08:23 Tools
Low Brown(Long Version) 08:23 Tools
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Leo Parker (April 18, 1925, Washington, D.C. - February 11, 1962, New York City) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist. He was known in jazz circles by his nickname "the Lad." Parker studied alto saxophone in high school, and played this instrument on a recording with Coleman Hawkins in 1944. He switched to baritone sax later that year when he joined Billy Eckstine's bebop band, playing there until 1946. In 1945 he was a member of the so-called "Unholy Four" of saxophonists, with Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons. He played on 52nd Street in New York with Dizzy Gillespie in 1946 and Illinois Jacquet in 1947-48, and later recorded with Fats Navarro, J.J. Johnson, Teddy Edwards, Wardell Gray and Sir Charles Thompson. He and Thompson had a hit with their Apollo Records release, "Mad Lad". In the 1950s Parker had problems with drug abuse, which interfered with his recording career. He made two comeback records for Blue Note in 1961, but the following year he died of a heart attack. He was 36. The first Blue Note album Let Me Tell You 'Bout It was released before his death; the second album Rollin' with Leo was shelved and not released until 1980. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.