Leo Parker
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 62 years ago |
Date of birth | April 18,1925 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Washington |
D. C. | |
United States | |
Date of died | February 11,1962 |
Died | New York City |
New York | |
United States | |
Genres | Jazz |
Record labels | Blue Note Records |
Chess Records | |
Job | Saxophonist |
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ID | 527515 |
Leo Parker Life story
Leo Parker was an American jazz musician who played baritone saxophone. Parker studied alto saxophone in high school, and played this instrument on a recording with Coleman Hawkins in 1944. He switched to baritone saxophone later that year when he joined Billy Eckstine's bebop band, playing there until 1946.