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Leader Albums


Panamerican Orchid Club

2026, Close Up

Recorded live at Close Up
Original music for altos flute & saxophone, vibraphone, and drumset

David Leon - alto flute & alto saxophone
Joel Ross - vibraphone
Daniel Prim - drumset & maracas

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eau de parfum




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




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



Soundtracks



CUMULO (Original Score)

2026, self-released

Whimsical and violent, CUMULO is an allegory about a modern experience, examining how we reclaim autonomy when life sends us into free-fall.

Puppet protagonist, Plum, plummets through a sky-scape of sentient clouds and carnivorous creatures in an immersive journey of embodied self-transformation, supported by a cotton candy set embedded with fans, and a large-scale mobile of floating cloud islands.

David Leon - keyboard synths and modular

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Selected Collaborator Albums




Thumbs
Thumbs: Live at Seeds
(2026, seeds::sounds)
winds
Kayvon Gordon
blood memory
(2026, Close Up)
c-melody & soprano saxophones,  flute  & piccolo
Stephan Crump
Passerine
(2026, Out Of Your Head Records)
alto flute & alto saxophone
Sam Smith
Hazel Eyes
Moondance (feat. Feist)
(2026, Capitol Records UK)
baritone saxophone
 Three Thousand Songs
The First Songs (Live)
(2026, David Zink Yi)
sopranino & alto saxophones, clarinet, piccolo, percussion
Phillip Golub
Partisan Ship
(2026, Berthold Records)
alto saxophone

Erik Hall, Sandbox Percussion & Metropolis Ensemble
Canto Ostinato
(2026, Western Vinyl)
woodwind arrangement; soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, fluteAaron Quinn
to be held
(2026, Endectomorph Music)
alto saxophoneRomeo Santos & Prince Royce
Better Late Than Never
Mi Plan
(2025, Sony Music Latin)
fluteBlack Screen O’ Death (a.k.a. Shahzad Ismaily & David Leon)
[UNTITLED]
(1980’s, Eternal September)
alto saxophoneLex Korten
Canopy
(2025, Sounderscore Records)
alto saxophoneEl Vapor de Brooklyn
La Sombra y El Sol
(2025, Tocuyo Records)
fluteAdam O’Farrill
For These Streets
(2025, Out Of Your Head)
alto saxophone & fluteTal Yahalom
Mirror Image
(2025, Adhyâropa Records)
alto saxophone & fluteRauw Alejandro
Cosa Nuestra
Khé? (feat. Romeo Santos)
(2024, Sony Music Latin)
alto saxophoneAlec Goldfarb
Fire Lapping at the Creek
(2024, Infrequent Seams)
alto saxophoneLesley Mok
The Living Collection
(2023, American Dreams)
alto & soprano saxophones, flute, alto fluteVeronica Swift
Veronica Swift
(2023, Mack Avenue)
baritone saxophoneCory Smythe
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
(2022, Pyroclastic Records)
clarinet, alto & baritone saxophonesVincente Hansen Atria
Orlando Furioso
(2022, Aguirre Records)
clarinet, alto, tenor & baritone saxophonesFlorian Herzog
Moon Tree
(2022, self-released)
alto saxophone, clarinetLisa Hoppe’s Third Reality
Dinner with Abstract Poetry
(2022, self-released)
alto saxophoneJason Nazary
Spring Collection
(2021, We Jazz Records)
piccolo, flute & alto fluteAlmog Sharvit
Get Up or Cry
(2021, Unit Records)
flute
Lisa Hoppe’s Third Reality
Lightness of Change
(2020, self-released)
alto saxophone, voiceChildish Japes
The Book of Japes
(2020, self-released)
alto & c-melody saxophones, alto flute, bass clarinetLisa Hoppe’s Third Reality
The Mighty Unlikely
(2019, JazzHausMusik)
alto saxophone, voiceOld Feels
Anew
(2019, self-released)
alto saxophone