Rollin' with Leo

Rollin' with Leo is the second, and final, album as a leader by American jazz saxophonist Leo Parker, recorded in 1961 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1980.[1]

Rollin' with Leo
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedOctober 12 & 20, 1961
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length43:48
LabelBlue Note
LT 1076
BST 84095
ProducerAlfred Lion
Leo Parker chronology
Let Me Tell You 'Bout It
(1961)
Rollin' with Leo
(1980)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Leggett awarded the album 4½ stars and calling it "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".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Leo Parker except as indicated

  1. "The Lion's Roar" - 4:54
  2. "Bad Girl" (Conover) - 6:17
  3. "Rollin' with Leo" - 6:25
  4. "Music Hall Beat" (Illinois Jacquet) - 4:56
  5. "Jumpin' Leo" - 4:30
  6. "Talkin' the Blues" - 6:30
  7. "Stuffy" (Coleman Hawkins) - 5:41
  8. "Mad Lad Returns" - 4:35

Recorded on October 12 (tracks 3 & 4) and October 20 (tracks 1, 2 & 5-8), 1961.

Personnel

References

  1. Blue Note Records discography accessed November 11, 2010
  2. Leggett, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 9, 2010
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