''Let Me Tell You 'Bout It'' is the debut album by American jazz saxophonist

Leo Parker Leo Parker (April 18, 1925 – February 11, 1962) was an American jazz musician, who primarily played baritone saxophone. Early life Born in Washington, D.C., Parker studied alto saxophone in high school and played this instrument on a record ...

featuring performances recorded and released by the

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label in 1961.Blue Note Records discography
accessed November 9, 2010 The CD reissue features two bonus tracks from the same session.

Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Parker (who is joined by obscure sidemen) sounds in top form during his varied program which includes several hard swingers".Yanow, S.

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accessed November 9, 2010

Track listing

''All compositions by Leo Parker except as indicated'' # "Glad Lad" - 5:17 # "Blue Leo" (Parker,

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) - 5:06 # "Let Me Tell You 'Bout It" ( Robert Lewis) - 4:18 # "Vi" (Lewis) - 4:41 # "Parker's Pals" - 6:21 # "Low Brown" (Yusef Salim) - 5:49 # "TCTB" (Parker, Swindell) - 6:26 # "The Lion's Roar" ( Russell Jacquet, Parker) - 4:26 Bonus track on CD reissue # "Low Brown"

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- 8:24 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

- baritone saxophone *John Burks - trumpet *Bill Swindell -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

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- piano *Stan Conover - bass *Purnell Rice – drums

References

{{Authority control 1961 debut albums Albums produced by Alfred Lion Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Blue Note Records albums Leo Parker albums