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June 8, 2025

6:00p

Silo City
85 Silo City Row
Buffalo, NY 14203

June in Buffalo at Silo City 

The 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.




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



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



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




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





David Leon Quartet (Köln, DE)

 July 24, 2025

8:00p

Loft
Wißmannstraße 30, 50823 Köln, Germany
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Weston Olencki, trombone & electronics
Elias Stemeseder, piano & electronics
Florian Herzog, bass





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


Past Shows




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/