Leo Parker (18 Apr 1925 - 11 Feb 1962)

Male Person - United States

Releases (3)

Official

Album

  1. Let Me Tell You ’Bout It 1961
  2. Rollin’ With Leo 1986

Album - Compilation

  1. The Chronological Classics: Leo Parker 1947-1950 2001

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. Gene Ammons Quintet (23 Sep 1947)

Recordings by (26)

  1. Glad Lad 5:17 (1961) mono
  2. Blue Leo 5:06 (1961) mono
  3. Let Me Tell You ’Bout It 4:18 (1961) mono
  4. VI 4:41 (1961) mono
  5. Parker’s Pals 6:21 (1961) mono
  6. Low Brown 5:49 (1961) mono
  7. T.C.T.B. 6:26 (1961) mono
  8. Mona Lisa 3:13 (1978)
  9. Who's Mad 3:05 (1978)
  10. Darn That Dream 3:03 (1978)
  11. Cross My Fingers 2:40 (1978)
  12. The Lion’s Roar 4:49 (1986)
  13. Bad Girl 6:12 (1986)
  14. Rollin’ With Leo 6:20 (1986)
  15. Music Hall Beat 4:53 (1986)
  16. Jumpin’ Leo 4:28 (1986)
  17. Talkin’ the Blues 6:26 (1986)
  18. Stuffy 5:30 (1986)
  19. Mad Lad Returns 4:34 (1986)
  20. Woody 2:48 (1990)
  21. Wee Dot 2:43 (25 Jun 2002)
  22. Cool Leo 2:30 (02 Aug 2004)
  23. Ineta 2:53 (2004)
  24. Low Brown (long version) 8:22 (13 Sep 2005) stereo
  25. Solitude 2:54 (10 Feb 2023)
  26. The Lion's Roar (Lion Roars) 2:52 (10 Feb 2023)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Goin to Mintons ?:?? Fats Navarro - Leo Parker / Miles Davis - Charlie Parker (1947) baritone saxophone
  2. Yesterdays 3:02 Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson (1954) baritone saxophone
  3. He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped 2:39 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra (1986) baritone saxophone
  4. Music Hall Beat 4:53 Leo Parker (1986) baritone saxophone
  5. The Lion’s Roar 4:49 Leo Parker (1986) baritone saxophone
  6. Stuffy 5:30 Leo Parker (1986) baritone saxophone
  7. Rollin’ With Leo 6:20 Leo Parker (1986) baritone saxophone
  8. Talkin’ the Blues 6:26 Leo Parker (1986) baritone saxophone
  9. Bad Girl 6:12 Leo Parker (1986) baritone saxophone
  10. Jumpin’ Leo 4:28 Leo Parker (1986) baritone saxophone
  11. Mad Lad Returns 4:34 Leo Parker (1986) baritone saxophone
  12. One Bass Hit, No. 2 2:52 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra (1986) baritone saxophone
  13. My Kinda Love 2:36 Sarah Vaughan with Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra (1992) baritone saxophone
  14. Riffin’ With Jacquet 2:55 Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars (1996) baritone saxophone
  15. Sahara Heat 2:43 Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars (1996) baritone saxophone
  16. It’s Wild 2:34 Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars (1996) baritone saxophone
  17. Goofin’ Off 2:25 Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars (1996) baritone saxophone
  18. If You Could See Me Now 2:48 Sarah Vaughan with Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra (11 Nov 1997) baritone saxophone
  19. You’re Not the Kind 2:45 Sarah Vaughan with Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra (11 Nov 1997) baritone saxophone
  20. I’ll Wait and Pray 2:55 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (11 Nov 1997) baritone saxophone
  21. I Can Make You Love Me 3:01 Sarah Vaughan with Tadd Dameron and his Orchestra (11 Nov 1997) baritone saxophone
  22. Don’t Push Daddy 3:12 Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars (1998) baritone saxophone
  23. Jacquet's Dilemma 3:22 Illinois Jacquet (1998) baritone saxophone
  24. Second Balcony Jump 2:54 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1998) baritone saxophone
  25. Love Is the Thing 2:51 Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra (1998) baritone saxophone
  26. Saph 2:43 Illinois Jacquet (1998) baritone saxophone
  27. September Song 4:33 Illinois Jacquet (1998) baritone saxophone
  28. So Easy 2:41 Dexter Gordon accompanied by Leo Parker (bs), Tadd Dameron (p), Nelson Boyd (b), Art Blakey (d). New York City, December 11, 1947 (1999) baritone saxophone
  29. For Europeans Only ?:?? Miles Davis (2000) baritone saxophone
  30. Suede Jacquet 2:59 Russell Jacquet and His All Stars (2000) baritone saxophone
  31. Big Dog ?:?? Miles Davis (2000) baritone saxophone
  32. Jivin' With Jack the Bellboy ?:?? Miles Davis (2000) baritone saxophone
  33. Mona Lisa 3:18 Leo Parker and His Quartet (2001) saxophone
  34. Mad Lad Returns 2:52 Leo Parker and His Quartet (2001) saxophone
  35. Lion Roars 2:53 Leo Parker's All Stars (2001) baritone saxophone
  36. Swinging for Love 2:32 Leo Parker Sextet (2001) baritone saxophone
  37. I Cross My Fingers 2:39 Leo Parker and His Quartet (2001) saxophone
  38. I Surrender Dear 3:06 Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars (2001) baritone saxophone
  39. The New Look 2:28 Leo Parker Sextet (2001) baritone saxophone
  40. Leapin' Leo 3:06 Leo Parker's All Stars (2001) baritone saxophone
  41. You Left Me All Alone 3:01 Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra (2001) baritone saxophone
  42. El Sino 3:15 Leo Parker's All Stars (2001) baritone saxophone
  43. Wild Leo 2:58 Leo Parker's All Stars (2001) baritone saxophone
  44. Senor Leo 2:40 Leo Parker Quintette (2001) baritone saxophone
  45. Leo's Bells 2:26 Leo Parker Sextet (2001) baritone saxophone
  46. Who's Mad 3:08 Leo Parker and His Quartet (2001) saxophone
  47. Mad Lad Boogie 2:46 Leo Parker's All Stars (2001) baritone saxophone
  48. On the House 3:03 Leo Parker Quintette (2001) baritone saxophone
  49. Woody 2:51 Leo Parker and His Mad Lads (2001) baritone saxophone
  50. Dunky 2:29 Leo Parker Quintette (2001) baritone saxophone

Credited as (9)

  1. Leo Parker
  2. Leo Parker & Gene Ammons
  3. Fats Navarro - Leo Parker
  4. Dexter Gordon accompanied by Leo Parker (bs), Tadd Dameron (p), Nelson Boyd (b), Art Blakey (d). New York City, December 11, 1947
  5. Fats Navarro - Leo Parker / Miles Davis - Charlie Parker
  6. Jack "The Bear" Parker (Leo Parker’s Quintette)
  7. Fats Navarro & Leo Parker
  8. Dexter Gordon, Leo Parker, Tadd Dameron, Curly Russell, Max Roach
  9. Fats Navarro, Leo Parker, Tadd Dameron, Gene Ramsey, Denzil Best

Works (2)

Composed

  1. Lion Roars
  2. Wee Dot

Links (10)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/135421403
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81058242
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81058242
  4. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/362287
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138982516
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62v59n6

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/372755

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000818948

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/92581250

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353736