Let Me Tell You 'Bout It

by Leo Parker

Let Me Tell You 'Bout It cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1961
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 50:50
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking a brief but brilliant return to the studio after a decade-long absence, baritone saxophonist Leo Parker demonstrates an undiminished, fiery technical command. 'Let Me Tell You 'Bout It' grounds his fleet-fingered bebop roots within the bluesy, aggressive framework of the early 1960s Blue Note sound.

Genres

Descriptors: saxophone, bluesy, rhythmic, soulful, groove-laden

Tracklist

  1. Glad Lad (5:17)
  2. Blue Leo (5:06)
  3. Let Me Tell You 'Bout It (4:18)
  4. Vi (4:41)
  5. Parker's Pals (6:21)
  6. Low Brown (5:49)
  7. TCTB (6:26)
  8. The Lion's Roar (4:26)
  9. Low Brown (8:22)

Credits

  • Leo Parker - primary artist, baritone saxophone, written-by
  • Stan Conover - bass
  • Reid Miles - design [cover]
  • Purnell Rice - drums
  • Bob Lewis - liner notes
  • Francis Wolff - photography by [cover photo]
  • Yusef Salim - piano, written-by
  • Alfred Lion - producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder - recorded by [recording by]
  • Bill Swindell - tenor saxophone, written-by
  • John Burks - trumpet
  • Ike Quebec - written-by
  • Robert Lewis - written-by

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