Bob Leatherbarrow has been a top drummer for both the
studios and live performances ever since he moved to Los
Angeles from Buffalo,
New York in 1978. A working professional since the age of 14,
Bob has been playing with top musicians in all-different musical settings for
most of his life. He attended the
Berklee College of Music in Boston
Massachusetts.
Bob has played with a long list of great jazz artists like
Ernie Watts' Quartet (for over 25 years), Joe Farrell, Peggy Lee, Victor
Feldman, Horace Silver, Doc Severinsen, Howard Roberts, John Klemmer, Jack
Sheldon, Rosemary Clooney, Natalie Cole, The Bill Holman Band, Bob Florence
Jazz Orchestra, Bill Watrous' Wildlife Refuge Big Band, Mike Barone's Big Band,
Bruce Lofgren's Band, etc.
He has recorded with every sort of artist from Gordon
Lightfoot to Bette Midler and Dolly Parton, from Placido Domingo to Henry
Mancini to Leonard Cohen and Five For Fighting.
You have heard him on a million film and television soundtracks including
The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, King of the Hill,
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, A
Guy Thing, Torque, Envy, Bruce Almighty, WB Looney Tunes, Bottle Rocket and The
Life Aquatic to name just a few. You can
hear Bob play on the 20th Century Fox fanfare playing the snare drum
every minute of the day somewhere in a movie theatre or on DVD.
Bob is also a vibraphone player, and you can hear him on
recordings by Stanley Clarke, Nelly Furtado, Chantal Kreviazuk, Bill Perkins,
Lorraine Feather, Greta Matassa, and many others. He was Peggy Lee's vibe player for years, and
currently plays vibes and composes for Polychrome, a group he formed with
Sam Riney and John Chiodini.
Bob plays DW Drums, Paiste Cymbals and Remo drumheads exclusively.