Leon Parker

Born: Aug 21, 1965 in White Plains, NY

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Genre: Jazz

Biography: Leon Parker consistently shows that less is more by making a great deal of music on a greatly reduced drum set sometimes consisting only of a snare drum, bass drum, and a cymbal. Parker started playing drums when he was three and became serious when he was around 11. At 15, he playing in a local youth ...Read full biography

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Above & Below

Released: 1994

Label: Sony Music Distribution

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Drummer Leon Parker's debut as a leader introduced his minimal approach to percussion. Parker is fond of using as small a drum set as possible (sometimes just cymbals or a snare) and can almost be accurately ...Read full review

The Simple Life

Released: 2001

Label: Label M

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The Simple Life features the internationally renown rhythmist Leon Parker on 15 performances that bring his "vocal-body-rhythms" style (one that makes his voice and body his instrument) to the forefront ...Read full review

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