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MP3 Bob Leto - Burnin' The Blues
10 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Traditional Jazz Combo, JAZZ: Bebop
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"Bob Leto, heard for the first time on record in
Burn''in the Blues (CAP 2000), is a jazz drummer''s
drummer."
"Bob''s fastidious, provocative drumming is a
cornucopia of jazz styles,” says Proctor Lippincott
of the New York Times. “Mixing the old and the new
is the direction he paves on his debut record,
Burn''in The Blues."
Burn''in the Blues, Bob''s latest recording, is the
result of a collaboration with guitarist John
Abercrombie, alto saxophonist Vincent Herring and
Hammond B-3 player Jeff Palmer.
Growing up. Bob''s musical perspective was enriched
by the many Broadway musicals his parents took him
to see. He played trumpet and guitar before settling
on the drums. He played cornet for a year or two
until his horn was crushed by a school bus, putting
an abrupt halt to his career as a cornetist.
Next Bob tried guitar, but he got more sound out of
pounding the back of it than he did with the
strings, so when he was fourteen he had his father
buy him a pair of parade sticks, and he practiced
drumming on telephone books. Buddy Rich was a
beginning influence, along with Max Roach and Joe
Morello.
When he was 18, he won a National Endowment for the
Arts award to study with percussion masters Joe
Morello and Tony Williams. Tony Williams taught him
musical concepts, inspiring him to play in more
experimental environments, while Joe Morello focused
specifically on classical technique.
He backed rock singer Pat Benatar, a former neighbor
and classmate in Lindenhurst, New York, during the
1970s before heading off to Boston to study Jazz at
the Berklee College of Music.
He was a regular performer at Sonny''s Place in New
York in the mid-1980s, where he performed with Billy
Mitchell of the Count Basie Band, in addition to
leading various jazz combos.
Bob is now performing with the Bob Leto Trio, which includes world famous bassist Dominic Duvall and guitarist Tim Siciliano.
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