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M Alberto - RADIO VITÓ (Amsterdam, NL)

 September 13, 2025

5:00pm

Gaudeamus Festival
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Theatre maker, musician-poet and artist-researcher M Alberto, born in Curaçao and living in the Netherlands, makes spiritual performance art in which they give voice to black, queer, anarchist and sex worker activism. During Gaudeamus Festival they present their new performance RADIO VITÓ: a musical essay-poem about resistance, daring to imagine radical change. 

In RADIO VITÓ, M (re)searches, with an international eight-person ensemble of innovative makers/musicians, a form in which composition, poetry and improvisation are equal. The texts are based on an ongoing research into special figures in the Caribbean canon and stories of people from all over the world who, on a small or large scale, resist.

Ticket Link: https://gaudeamus.nl/en/events/gaudeamus-2025-saturday/m-alberto-radio-vito/ 

VEHICLE/PASSENGER:
M Alberto - Poetry, Electronics, Saxophone
Lesley Mok - Drums, Percussion
Florian Herzog - Double Bass & Electronics

Chris Williams - Trumpet & Electronics
David Leon - Woodwinds
Yung-Tuan Ku - Mallet Percussion & Electronic Percussion
Thora Sveinsdottír - Viola

Lex Korten - Canopy (Night 1)

 September 18, 2025

8:00p & 10:00p

Close Up
154 Orchard Street
Album Release Show for Canopy !


Lex Korten - piano
Claire Dickson - voice
David Leon - alto saxophone
Tal Yahalom - guitar
Stephen Boegehold - drums



Lex Korten - Canopy (Night 2)

 September 19, 2025

8:00p & 10:00p

Close Up
154 Orchard Street
Album Release Show for Canopy !


Lex Korten - piano
Claire Dickson - voice
David Leon - alto saxophone
Tal Yahalom - guitar
Stephen Boegehold - drums



Stephan Crump - Passerine

 September 24, 2025

8:00p

Barbès
376 9th St
Kenny Warren, trumpet
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Ches Smith, percussion
Stephan Crump, bass


Lesley Mok: The Living Collection (Night 1)

 September 25, 2025

8:00p

Seeds
617 Vanderbilt Ave
Lesley Mok - composition, drums, percussion
David Leon - flutes & alto saxophone
Yuma Uesaka - clarinets & tenor saxophone
Milena Casado - trumpet & flugelhorn
Kalun Leung - trombone
Dorian Duke - bass & electronics


Lesley Mok: The Living Collection (Night 2)

 September 26, 2025

8:00p

Seeds
617 Vanderbilt Ave
Lesley Mok - composition, drums, percussion
David Leon - flutes & alto saxophone
Yuma Uesaka - clarinets & tenor saxophone
Milena Casado - trumpet & flugelhorn
Kalun Leung - trombone
Dorian Duke - bass & electronics


Tal Yahalom Quintet


September 28, 2025

8:00p & 10:00p

Close Up
154 Orchard Street
 Tal Yahalom, guitar & compositions
Ledah Finck, violin
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Chris Hoffman, cello
Rogerio Boccato, percussion



Slavic Soul Party! 


October 7, 2025

9:00p - midnight

Barbès
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NYJoining SSP again for their weekly residency, every tuesday night at Barbès, forever!


Slavic Soul Party! (Brattleboro, VT)


October 11, 2025

8:00p

Stone Church
210 Main St
Brattleboro, VT
05301 Fiery Balkan brass, irresistible beats, Roma (Gypsy) accordion wizardry, and virtuoso jazz chops make Slavic Soul Party! NYC’s official #1 brass band for BalkanSoul GypsyFunk.  These nine musicians pump the sounds of New York life through a Balkan brass filter, making new music out of immigration, integration, and ingenuity.  The band's Tuesday night residency at Barbès in Brooklyn, going for over 22 years, has become a destination for music fans from around the world, and is famous for "delivering a great time." (New York Times)  In November 2024 SSP! released their seventh album, a collection of original material titled “Extended Play” on the Diskonife label.

"Anytime musicians study traditions deeply, and then free themselves to follow their own whims, it's a beautiful thing. But when it comes to the brass band fusion of Slavic Soul Party! that's just the beginning.  With razor-sharp precision, juggernaut force, and a healthy dose of playfulness, these guys start out in overdrive and never let up... Slavic Soul Party! offers a gutpunch to preconceptions about traditional music, world music, pop music, dance music, but I'll tell you, this is one gutpunch you'll enjoy." (Banning Eyre, NPR's All Things Considered)

Tickets: https://tickets.venuepilot.com/e/slavic-soul-party-2025-10-11-stone-church-brattleboro-c43df7




Slavic Soul Party! (Plattsburgh, NY)


October 12, 2025

3:00p

Strand Center For The Arts
23 Brinkerhoff St, Plattsburgh, NY 12901Tickets:  https://concertfix.com/tours/slavic-soul-party+strand-center-for-the-arts+plattsburgh-ny





Slavic Soul Party! 


October 14, 2025

9:00p - midnight

Barbès
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NYJoining SSP again for their weekly residency, every tuesday night at Barbès, forever!


October 27, 2025

7:00p &  9:00p

Dizzy’s Club
10 Columbus Cir 5th Fl of Jazz at Lincoln Center
New York, NY
10019

Kalí Rodríguez-Peña y Los de Verdad


Latin Grammy–nominated trumpeter and composer Kalí Rodríguez-Peña makes his highly anticipated Dizzy’s debut with Los de Verdad, a powerful 16-piece big band of New York’s top musicians. Audiences will be swept into the spirit of Afro-Cuban jazz as the band premieres new works and brings classics like Dizzy Gillespie’s Manteca Suite to life in an electrifying night of music and celebration.

PERFORMANCE LINEUP

Kalí Rodríguez-Peña, Director & Trumpet
Jesús Ricardo Anduz, Trumpet
Alejandro Berti, Trumpet
Diego Hedez, Trumpet
Alejandro Avilés, Alto Sax
David León, Alto Sax
Hery Paz, Tenor Sax
Abdias Armenteros, Tenor Sax
Larry Bustamante, Baritone Sax
Armando Vergara, Trombone
Juanga Lakunza, Trombone
Xito Lovell, Trombone
Camila Cortina, Piano
Raúl Reyes, Bass
Zack O'Farrill, Drums
Edgar Martínez, Congas & Percussion

Tickets: https://ticketing.jazz.org/19722/19724

November 13 - 16, 2025

Culture Lab LIC at The Plaxall Gallery
5-25 46th Avenue Queens, NY 11101

Cumulo: A workshop run


Made the score and sound design elements for this puppet piece by Emily Batsford. Such an honor to have contributed to this - digital synths and modular bloops galore. 

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Whimsical and violent, Cumulo is a puppet allegory that examines how we reclaim autonomy when life sends us into freefall. Protagonist Plum plummets through a skyscape of sentient cotton candy clouds and 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.

Co-produced by Concrete Temple Theatre.

This workshop run of Cumulo was developed during Culture Lab LIC’s 2025 Emergence Artist Residency. Performances run 50 minutes, with no intermission.


   Thurs, Nov 13: 7pm doors, 7:30pm curtain

   Fri, Nov 14: 7pm doors, 7:30pm curtain

   Sat, Nov 15: 1:30pm doors, 2pm curtain; 7pm doors, 7:30pm curtain

   Sun, Nov 16: 1:30pm doors, 2pm curtain
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cumulo-a-workshop-run-tickets-1671873491619





November 23, 2025

8:00p &  10:00p

Close Up
154 Orchard Street

David Leon Quartet


David Leon, alto saxohpone
Brandon Seabrook, guitar
Henry Fraser, bass
Kayvon Gordon, drums



Stephan Crump - Passerine

 January 31, 2026

8:00p

Bar Bayeux
1066 Nostrand Ave
Kenny Warren, trumpet
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Ches Smith, percussion
Stephan Crump, bass


Locomotive

February 13, 2026

8:00p

Bar Bayeux
1066 Nostrand Ave
Adam O’Farrill, trumpet
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Tal Yahalom, guitar
Eli Greenhoe, guitar
Murph Aucamp, percussion
Daniel Prim, percussion

Past Shows


El Vapor De Brooklyn

August 18, 2025

8:00p

Barbès
376 9th Street
Brooklyn, NYEl Vapor de Brooklyn is born out of the NYC Boricua diáspora. Much like their antecessors and inspirations Los Pleneros de la 21 and Viento de Agua, VdB is intent on keeping and furthering Puerto Rican music, particularly through the diasporic lens. The Brooklyn-based octet, comprised of Puerto Rican (some, members of LP21), Latinx, and American musicians, takes an unconventional approach to plena and bomba, with influences from jazz, contemporary music, timba, r&b, and reggaeton - much in the spirit of Rafael Cortijo more than 60 years ago while based in this same City. With a foot in PR and another in NYC, VdB brings a fresh influenced take on the genres while keeping true to their original spirit of carrying on the stories of those who practice them at their time and place. These are our stories, today. And this is what they sound like.

Playing flute/ saxophone with these folks!!!


Roberts/ Moran/ Mok/ Leon

August 17, 2025

6:00p

P.I.T.
411 South 5th St
Brooklyn, NY 11211


Double Bill with Brandon Lopez/ Chuck Roth/ Dennis Sullivan

Matt Moran, vibraphone
Mariel Roberts, cello
Lesley Mok, drumset
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute


Jacob Patrone Quartet

 August 11, 2025

7:30p & 9:00p

Close Up
154 Orchard Street
 Jacob Patrone, drums
David Leon, alto saxophone
Rahul Carlberg, piano
John Hebert, bass

Anthony Tidd ‘Sanity’

 August 8, 2025

7:00p

Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church
15 Mt Morris Park W
New York, NY 10027
 Anthony Tidd, bass
Damion Reid, drums
Kokayi, voice
Nabaté Isles, trumpet
David Leon, alto saxophone


David Leon Quartet (Köln, DE)

 July 24, 2025

8:00p

Stadtgarten
Venloer Straße 40
50672 Köln, Germany

Part of the CGNYC - Cologne Meets New York City series

David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Weston Olencki, trombone & electronics
Elias Stemeseder, piano & electronics
Florian Herzog, bass

Tickets: https://stadtgarten.ticket.io/az4yac3j/




David Zink Yi - Three Thousand Songs (Basel, CH)


July 16, 2025

6:00p

Fondation Beyeler
Baselstrasse 101
4125 Riehen,
Switzerland

Inspired by a small mimicry bird, which is said to have the largest song repertoire in the world, and deeply rooted in the musical traditions of the African diaspora - especially in the folkloric and popular music of the Caribbean and Cuba - Zink Yi embarks on an experimental composition process together with collaborating musicians. The imitation of nature becomes the core of artistic expression. As in his earlier projects, Zink Yi opens up spaces for transformation and reinvention and questions common concepts of belonging.

Rodney Barreto and Jose Carlos Sanchez Portilla, drums
Marvin Diz, percussion
Yuliesky Gonzalez Guerra, trumpet
Regis Molina, alto and baritone saxophone, flutes
Dany Arce Paneque, trombone
David Leon, alto and sopranino saxophones, flutes and clarinet

Free Admission - Tickets and more info: https://shop.fondationbeyeler.ch/en/tickets.html



Tal Yahalom Quintet


June 18, 2025

Sets at 9:00 & 10:15p

Bar LunÀtico
486 Halsey StTal Yahalom, guitar & compositions
Ledah Finck, violin
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Chris Hoffman, cello
Rogerio Boccato, percussion


Stephan Crump - Passerine

 June 14, 2025

8:00p

Bar Bayeux
1066 Nostrand Ave
Kenny Warren, trumpet
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Ches Smith, percussion
Stephan Crump, bass


Stephan Crump - Passerine (Philadelphia, PA)

 June 13, 2025

8:00p

Solar Myth
1131 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
Kenny Warren, trumpet
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Ches Smith, percussion
Stephan Crump, bass

Tickets


Locomotive

June 10, 2025

7:00p

Barbès
376 9th Street
Come groove weird with us at one of my favorite rooms in Brooklyn, and stay for the inimitable Slavic Soul Party after us!! This is will be an unforgettable summer night!

Adam O’Farrill, trumpet
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Tal Yahalom, guitar
Eli Greenhoe, guitar
Murph Aucamp, percussion
Daniel Prim, percussion

June in Buffalo at Silo City 


June 8, 2025

6:00p

Silo City
85 Silo City Row
Buffalo, NY 14203The final day of the June in Buffalo festival concludes with a special event on Saturday, June 7 at 6pm at Silo City, featuring a series of short new works for mixed ensemble composed by eight UB PhD composition students. These works, performed by the acclaimed Metropolis Ensemble, are uniquely inspired by the extraordinary acoustic environment of the abandoned grain silo at Marine Terminal A. One of the compositions will be selected by the producers of the PBS television series Songs About Buildings and Moods to be featured in an upcoming episode that includes footage of Silo City.





Melissa Almaguer Quartet

 May 29, 2025

Sets at 7:30p & 9:00p

Close Up
154 Orchard StreetMelissa Almaguer, tap
David Leon, alto saxophone & flutes
Henry Fraser, bass
Daniel Prim, drumset & afro-venezuelan percussion





David Leon/ Joel Ross/ Daniel Prim

 May 16, 2025

Sets at 6:00p, 8:00 & 10:00p

Close Up
154 Orchard StreetThree Sets! A Live Recording!

David Leon, alto saxophone & flutes
Joel Ross, vibraphone
Daniel Prim, drumset & afro-venezuelan percussion





Moran/ Roberts/ Mok/ Leon

 May 13, 2025

8:00p

Sisters
900 Fulton StreetPerforming as part of Assembly

Matt Moran, vibraphone
Mariel Roberts, cello
Lesley Mok, drumset
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute


May 9, 2025

7:30p

Hunter College

David Leon Quartet


Presented by Hunter College Jazz and New Topologies.

David Leon, alto saxohpone
Brandon Seabrook, guitar
Henry Fraser, bass
Kayvon Gordon, drums




Tal Yahalom Quintet (New Haven, CT)


May 2, 2025

Sets at 7:30 & 9:30p

Firehouse 12
45 Crown Street
New Haven, CTRelease Show for Mirror Image, out on Adhyâropa Records March 21!

Tal Yahalom, guitar & compositions
Ledah Finck, violin
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Chris Hoffman, cello
Rogerio Boccato, percussion




Stephan Crump & David Leon


April 26, 2025

8:00p

Prospect Music Series
Stephan Crump, bass
David Leon, alto saxophone


Tal Yahalom ‘Mirror Image’ 
Album Release Show


April 10, 2025

Sets at 7:30 & 9:30p

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway
New York, NY
Release Show for Mirror Image, out on Adhyâropa Records March 21!

Tal Yahalom, guitar & compositions
Ledah Finck, violin
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Chris Hoffman, cello
Rogerio Boccato, percussion

For tickets and more information:
https://jazzgallery.org/calendar/tal-yahalom-apr10-2025



David Leon: Solo


April 8, 2025

8:00p

Roulette Intermedium
509 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, NYPresenting new work as part of my 2024/25 Jerome Artist Residency

David Leon, alto saxophone & modular synthesizers

Roulette 2024 Resident David Leon presents new solo music for saxophone and modular synthesizers. Describing his approach as “surreal ASMR”, Leon constructs a piece around the quiet extreme of his saxophone. Inspired by the spacious environments of ambient electronic music and field recordings as much as the visceral performances of New York’s downtown improvisors and Miami’s noise artists, Leon’s solo create spaces that feel immediate, concrete and physical.

For tickets and more information:
https://roulette.org/event/david-leon-solo/

Adam O’Farrill: ‘For These Streets’ Album Release

 March 28, 2025

9:30p

Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette StKnown for his work as a leader with his acclaimed quartet, Stranger Days, as well as his sideman endeavors with Hiromi, Mary Halvorson, Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey, and Samora Pinderhughes, Adam O'Farrill is proud to debut his new album of octet works. For These Streets is a suite of music that channels the creative and emotional currents of the 1930s through an ensemble comprised of some of the finest improvisers and interpreters of the modern era. Reconstructing the feelings, ideas, and motifs of artists of the era (notably Duke Ellington, Virginia Woolf, Igor Stravinsky, Anais Nin, and Carlos Chavez), both the album and the Joe's Pub performance feature:

Adam O’Farrill - trumpet & flugelhorn
Mary Halvorson - guitar
Patricia Brennan - vibraphone
David Leon - alto saxophone & flute
Kevin Sun - tenor saxophone & clarinet
Kalun Leung - trombone & euphonium
Tyrone Allen - double bass
Tomas Fujiwara - drums
Eli Greenhoe - conductor

Website
Bandcamp

Tickets: https://publictheater.org/productions/joes-pub/2025/a/adam-ofarrill/