Leo Parker's baritone sax can be heard on many of the earliest be-bop recordings with Illinois Jacquet, Billy Eckstein & Dizzy Gillespie. These recordings for the GOTHAM label in Philadelphia are his earliest under his name and straddle the line between junpin' R&B workouts and the staccato rhythms of bebop. There are a number of unreleased tracks on this compilation...
1. Woody 2. Rolling With Parker 3. Leo Leaps In - (take 2, unreleased title) 4. Solitude - (unreleased title) 5. Rolling With Parker - (unreleased take) 6. Leo Leaps In - (take 1, unreleased title) 7. Leo Leaps In - (take 3, unreleased title) 8. Crisco Jump - (unreleased title) 9. Dancer's Delight 10. Shortening Bread - (unreleased title) 11. Bull Frog Bounce - (unreleased take) 12. That's The Groovy Thing - (unreleased take) 13. Mel's Jump - (unreleased title) 14. That's The Groovy Thing - (unreleased take)
