Leader Albums

Bird’s Eye
2024, Pyroclastic Records

Original music for woodwinds, kayagum and drumset. Influenced by Afrocuban folkloric and Korean traditional musics

David Leon - soprano & alto saxophones, alto flute, piccolo
DoYeon Kim - kayagum, voice
Lesley Mok - drumset & percussion, glockenspiel

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Aire De Agua
2021, Out Of Your Head

Original compositions for alto saxophone, piano, bass and drums

David Leon - alto saxophone
Sonya Belaya - piano
Florian Herzog - bass
Stephen Boegehold - drums

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Current Obsession Series

Current Obsession Vol. 2
2023, self-released

Improvisations with Zekkereya El-Magharbel, Lesley Mok & Florian Herzog

David Leon - alto and soprano saxophones
Zekkereya El-magharbel - trombone
Florian Herzog - contrabass
Lesley Mok - drumset

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Current Obsession Vol. 1
2019, self-released

Improvisations with Asher Kurtz & Chris Pitsiokos

David Leon (left channel) - alto saxophone, piccolo, game calls, homemade instruments
Asher Kurtz (center) - guitar
Chris Pitsiokos (right channel) - alto saxophone

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Sideperson Albums

El Vapor de Brooklyn
La Sombra y El Sol
(2025, Tocuyo Records)
flute

Adam O’Farrill
For These Streets
(2025, Out Of Your Head)
alto saxophone & flute

Tal Yahalom
Mirror Image
(2025, Adhyâropa Records)
alto saxophone & flute

Rauw Alejandro, Romeo Santos
Khé?
(2024, Sony Music Latin)
alto saxophone

Peter Lenz
Breathe - Music for Large Ensembles
(2024, self-released)
alto saxophone & flute

Ricardo Romaneiro, Metropolis Ensemble & Andrew Cyr
LIQUIDVERSE: Microcosm & Macrocosm
(2024, Cosm Media)
alto, tenor & baritone saxophones

Alec Goldfarb
Fire Lapping at the Creek
(2024, Infrequent Seams)
alto saxophone

Lesley Mok
The Living Collection+
(2023, American Dreams)
alto & soprano saxophones, flute, alto flute

Veronica Swift
Veronica Swift
(2023, Mack Avenue)
baritone saxophone

Ambrose Getz
Great House of Embers
(2023, self-released)
flute, flute arranging, alto saxophone

Jason Nazary
A Rummed Chop
(2022, We Jazz Records)
alto saxophone

Cory Smythe
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
(2022, Pyroclastic Records)
clarinet, alto & baritone saxophones

John Sturino
Quartet
(2022, Modus Operandi)
alto, c-melody & baritone saxophones

Vincente Hansen Atria
Orlando Furioso+
(2022, Aguirre Records)
clarinet, alto, tenor & baritone saxophones

Florian Herzog
Moon Tree
(2022, self-released)
alto saxophone, clarinet

Lisa Hoppe’s Third Reality
Dinner with Abstract Poetry
(2022, self-released)
alto saxophone

Jason Nazary
Spring Collection
(2021, We Jazz Records)
piccolo, flute & alto flute

Stephen Gauci/ David Leon
Pandemic Duets
(2021, self-released)
alto & soprano saxophones, piccolo, alto flute

Almog Sharvit
Get Up or Cry
(2021, Unit Records)
flute

Amanda Ekery
Some (more) Short Songs
(2021, self-released)
alto saxophone

Emily Maddox
Paris
(2021, self-released)
alto saxophone

Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey
Stir Crazy Episode 25
(2020, self-released)
composition

Lesley Mok
propagate
(2020, self-released)
soprano saxophone

Lisa Hoppe’s Third Reality
Lightness of Change
(2020, self-released)
alto saxophone, voice

Childish Japes
The Book of Japes
(2020, self-released)
alto & c-melody saxophones, alto flute, bass clarinet

Stephanie Lamprea
Unaccompanied: Tiny Works for Quarantine, Vol. 1
(2020, self-released)
composition

Bobby Spellman Nonet
Revenge of the Cool
(2020, Sunnyside Records)
alto saxophone

South Florida Jazz Orchestra
Cheap Thrills: The Music of
Rick Margitza
(2020, Summit Records)
baritone saxophone & bass clarinet

Pieta Brown, William Britelle
We Are Not Machines, Meta Version (feat. Holland Andrews, Metropolis Ensemble, Jenn Wasner)
(2020, 37d03d)
alto saxophone, alto flute

Lisa Hoppe’s Third Reality
The Mighty Unlikely
(2019, JazzHausMusik)
alto saxophone, voice

Old Feels
Anew
(2019, self-released)
alto saxophone

Brian Lynch Big Band
The Omni-American Book Club*
(2019, Hollistic Musicworks)
alto saxophone, flute & clarinet

Jacob Hiser
Seconds
(2019, self-released)
alto & soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, flute

Alec Aldred
Momentarily Temporary
(2019, Hollistic MusicWorks)
alto saxophone

Sound Underground
Power of Three
(2018, self-released)
alto saxophone, bells, composition

Threeplustwo
Threeplustwo
(2018, self-released)
alto saxophone, composition

John Daversa Big Band
American Dreamers***
(2018, self-released)
baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, piccolo

Earlyface
Earlyface
(2018, self-released)
alto saxophone

Pinkie Promise
Pinkie Promise
(2018, self-released)
clarinet

Distant Dreams
Errol Rackipov Group
(2017, OA2 Records)
alto saxophone

Garrett Wingfield & David Leon
Yeah, No Thanks
(2017, self-released)
alto & c-melody saxophones, objects

Sound Underground
Quiet Spaces
(2016, tinymusic)
alto saxophone, composition

Sound Underground
Sound Underground
(2014, self-released)
alto saxophone, composition

Various Artists feat. Bobby Mcferrin, Chick Corea, Dave Grusin, Terence Blanchard
Jazz & The Philharmonic
(2014, Okeh Records)
baritone saxophone