Leo Parker (April 18, 1925 – February 11, 1962)[1] was an American jazz musician, who primarily played baritone saxophone.

[2] Born in Washington, D.C.,[1] Parker studied alto saxophone in high school and played this instrument on a recording with Coleman Hawkins in 1944.

[1] Parker switched to baritone saxophone in 1944 when he joined Billy Eckstine's bebop band, playing there until 1946.

[1] He played on 52nd Street in New York with Dizzy Gillespie in 1946 and Illinois Jacquet in 1947-48,[1] and later recorded with Fats Navarro, J.J. Johnson, Teddy Edwards, Wardell Gray and Charles Thompson.

[1] He made two comeback records for Blue Note in 1961, but the following year he died of a heart attack in New York City.