Leo Parker

Person · Open Library

Works

2

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Country

United States

Active from

1925

Active to

1962

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Listeners

11,308

Total plays

63,153

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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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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