Away Without Leave - Bob Becker [ Ensemble 64.8 ]

Away Without Leave was composed in 2002 by Bob Becker.
Away Without Leave is a drum medley dedicated to Steve Gadd, a friend and inspiration since we were in music school together in the 1960s. The centerpiece is Steve's lullaby for his son Duke, which I learned while working with him on a show for the Tokyo Music Joy festival in 1988. Duke's Lullaby alternates between a traditional samba rhythm (here played on melodic concert toms and timbales rather than drum kit) and a generic military-style drum beating with a highly syncopated bass drum accompaniment.
The Army 2/4 is an old and famous marching cadence. Traditionally used for military parading, it is also played by many jazz drummers, including Elvin Jones. A sharply syncopated variation on this drum beating, called Crazy Army, was written by the late Connecticut drummer Ed Lenley. This piece is still performed by Army drum corps and has been used often by Steve Gadd on songs that require a military/samba groove (Chuck Mangiones recording of the Ballad of the One-eyed Sailor is a good example).
-Bob Becker
From left to right, the performers are Bob Becker (toms/snare/splash cymbal), Caitlyn Hatcher (snare/concert bass drum), Morris Palter (snare/cowbell), Caleb Herron (bass drum), and Brandon Thomas (tenor snare/timbales).
This performance was given at the Davis Concert Hall at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, as part of Ensemble 64.8's concert in the fall of 2008.

[@tbwff]

Nicely played...you guys would sound terrific as a soundtrack for a film !!! Well done !

[@m1bug]

This was good.. love it, im fan of Gadd

[@ITotallyLoveClocks]

I swear to god thats Larry David on the end

[@nascimentoismark]

:D nice!

[@sebastian-drums]

Beautiful, thanks for posting this. Is it possible to get the Duke's Lullaby sheet?

[@drummingblind]

of course the girl would drop her stick....sheesh

[@morrispalter6079]

You're an moron. Even 14 years later...