Leo Parker - Rollin' With Leo

Leo Parker - Rollin' With Leo

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Baritone Saxophone – Leo Parker

Bass – Al Lucas (A1-2, B1-4), Stan Conover (A3-4)

Drums – Wilbert Hogan (A1-2, B1-4), Purnell Rice (A3-4)

Piano – Johnny Acea

Tenor Saxophone – Bill Swindell

Trumpet – Dave Burns

Written by Leo Parker (A1, A3, B1-2, B4), Stan Conover (A2), Illinois Jacquet (A4), Coleman Hawkins (B3)



 

1 LP, Gatefold jacket

Original analog Master tape : YES

Heavy Press : 180g

Record color : black

Speed : 33RPM

Size : 12”

Stereo

Studio

Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated

Label : Blue Note Tone Poet

Original Label : Blue Note

Recorded on October 12 (A3-4) and October 20 (A1-2, B1-4), 1961.at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder

Original session produced by Alfred Lion

Reissue produced by Joe Harley

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

Cover design by Reid Miles

Liner Notes by Bob Porter

Photography by Francis Wolff

Originally Released in 1980

Reissued in 2025

 

Tracks :

Side A:

  1. The Lion's Roar
  2. Bad Girl
  3. Rollin' with Leo
  4. Music Hall Beat

Side B:

  1. Jumpin' Leo
  2. Talkin' the Blues
  3. Stuffy
  4. Mad Lad Returns


 


           

          Review :

          “Drugs and addictions defined most of Leo Parker's adult life, finally claiming it entirely in February of 1962 when he was only 36 years old. Only months earlier in 1961, in two sessions held on October 12 and October 20, Parker had played his heart out in what would have been his second album for Blue Note Records that year, and it had appeared that the baritone saxophonist was well on his way to a much deserved career comeback. The sessions, however, weren't released until almost 20 years later. Rollin' with Leo, presented here in remastered form, is a wonderful portrait of this unsung but brilliant player, whose huge, sad, but almost impossibly strong tone always felt like it carried the world on its shoulders. The centerpiece of Rollin' with Leo is the fascinating "Talkin' the Blues," which unfolds, nearly themeless, like a late-night conversation, ebbing and flowing exactly the way a conversation does, with Parker's baritone swinging back to gather notes, but always moving and stretching forward, expanding the conversation until it seems like everything that could be said HAS been said. Parker's death was tragic because he had so much more to say, and that makes this fine set all that more of a treasure.” AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett



           

          Rating:

          AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs 4.39 / 5

           

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