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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1925
- Active to
- 1962
Discography
Member of
- Gene Ammons Quintet1947–1947
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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 Go
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leo
- Family name
- Parker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Chess Records
- Image
- (Portrait of Leo Parker, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947) (LOC) (5354784684).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1925-04-18
- date of death
- 1962-02-11
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