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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



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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Sideperson Albums




Aaron Quinn
to be held
(2026,  Endectomorph Music)
alto saxophone
Romeo Santos & Prince Royce
Mi Plan
(2025,  Sony Music Latin)
flute
Erika Dohi
Myth of Tomorrow
(2025, Switch Hit/  Figureight Records)
flute, alto flute & alto saxophone
Black Screen O’ Death (a.k.a. Shahzad Ismaily & David Leon)
[UNTITLED]
(1980’s, Eternal September)
alto saxophone
Lex Korten
Canopy
(2025, Sounderscore Records)
alto saxophone
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 & fluteTal Yahalom
Mirror Image
(2025, Adhyâropa Records)
alto saxophone & fluteRauw Alejandro, Romeo Santos
Khé?
(2024, Sony Music Latin)
alto saxophonePeter Lenz
Breathe - Music for Large Ensembles
(2024, self-released)
alto saxophone & fluteRicardo Romaneiro, Metropolis Ensemble & Andrew Cyr
LIQUIDVERSE: Microcosm & Macrocosm
(2024, Cosm Media)
alto, tenor & baritone saxophonesAlec 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 saxophoneAmbrose Getz
Great House of Embers
(2023, self-released)
flute, flute arranging, alto saxophoneJason Nazary
A Rummed Chop
(2022, We Jazz Records)
alto saxophoneCory Smythe
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
(2022, Pyroclastic Records)
clarinet, alto & baritone saxophonesJohn Sturino
Quartet
(2022, Modus Operandi)
alto, c-melody & 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 fluteStephen Gauci/ David Leon
Pandemic Duets
(2021, self-released)
alto & soprano saxophones, piccolo, alto fluteAlmog Sharvit
Get Up or Cry
(2021, Unit Records)
fluteAmanda Ekery
Some (more) Short Songs
(2021, self-released)
alto saxophoneEmily Maddox
Paris
(2021, self-released)
alto saxophoneIngrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey
Stir Crazy Episode 25
(2020, self-released)
compositionLesley Mok
propagate
(2020, self-released)
soprano saxophoneLisa 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 clarinetStephanie Lamprea
Unaccompanied: Tiny Works for Quarantine, Vol. 1
(2020, self-released)
compositionBobby Spellman Nonet
Revenge of the Cool
(2020, Sunnyside Records)
alto saxophoneSouth 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 fluteLisa Hoppe’s Third Reality
The Mighty Unlikely
(2019, JazzHausMusik)
alto saxophone, voiceOld 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, fluteAlec Aldred
Momentarily Temporary
(2019, Hollistic MusicWorks)
alto saxophone

Sound Underground
Power of Three
(2018, self-released)
alto saxophone, bells, compositionThreeplustwo
Threeplustwo
(2018, self-released)
alto saxophone, compositionJohn Daversa Big Band
American Dreamers
(2018, self-released)
baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, piccolo

Earlyface
Earlyface
(2018, self-released)
alto saxophonePinkie Promise
Pinkie Promise
(2018, self-released)
clarinetDistant Dreams
Errol Rackipov Group
(2017, OA2 Records)
alto saxophone
Garrett Wingfield & David Leon
Yeah, No Thanks
(2017, self-released)
alto & c-melody saxophones, objectsSound Underground
Quiet Spaces
(2016, tinymusic)
alto saxophone, compositionSound 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