title: Rollin' with Leo
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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".
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Leo Parker except as indicated
  
  * "The Lion's Roar" - 4:54
  * "Bad Girl" (Conover) - 6:17
  * "Rollin' with Leo" - 6:25
  * "Music Hall Beat" (Illinois Jacquet) - 4:56
  * "Jumpin' Leo" - 4:30
  * "Talkin' the Blues" - 6:30
  * "Stuffy" (Coleman Hawkins) - 5:41
  * "Mad Lad Returns" - 4:35
  
  Recorded on October 12 (tracks 3 & 4) and October 20 (tracks 1, 2 & 5-8), 1961.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Leo Parker - baritone saxophone
  * Dave Burns - trumpet
  * Bill Swindell - tenor saxophone
  * John Acea - piano
  * Stan Conover (tracks 3 & 4), Al Lucas (tracks 1, 2 & 5-8) - bass
  * Wilbert Hogan (tracks 1, 2 & 5-8), Purnell Rice (tracks 3 & 4) – drums
  