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Dana Leong: No Boundaries

Read "Dana Leong: No Boundaries" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner


Whether on the cello, trombone or laptop, whether playing straight-up jazz, classical, or the many hybrid concoctions his work has already produced, Dana Leong seems to acknowledge no boundaries. He has worked with a wide range of players, holds down the cello chair for the Paquito D'Rivera trio, has just released a second album fusing jazz ...

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Anthems of Life

Label: Tateo Sound
Released: 2007
Track listing: Bonified; Another Perfect Catastrophe; BigUp; Opus One (Why I Cry); One Life; Free Drinks for 50 (Interlude); Get Up; Live Vibe; 2971 AD; Inner Visions; Black & White.

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Article: Album Review

Dana Leong: Anthems of Life

Read "Anthems of Life" reviewed by Lyn Horton


According to some dictionaries, anthems connote praise and sacredness. In most cases they are songs of celebration. Life, and how we live it creatively and productively, is to be celebrated as praiseworthy and sacred. Multi-instrumentalist and composer, twenty-seven year-old Dana Leong does this effectively, vividly and without hesitation. On Anthems of Life, Leong has combined his ...

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Take Five With Dana Leong

Read "Take Five With Dana Leong" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Dana Leong: Described as crafting “lines of sublime lyric content" (Chicago Tribune), and “sizzling, highly stylized solos" (Philadelphia Inquirer), Dana started his impressive career with the rare skill of commanding both the cello and trombone. He has held roles as both a performer and composer with top artists including: the 2006 Grammy-nominated ...

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Leaving New York

Label: Tateo Sound
Released: 2006
Track listing: Poem; Mother Nature Suite, Pt. I-Sunrise; Mother Nature Suite, Pt. II-Storm Warning; Mother Nature Suite, Pt. III-Amen; Beer Goggles; The Way; Insatiable.

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Article: Album Review

Dana Leong Quintet: Leaving New York

Read "Leaving New York" reviewed by Tom Greenland


"Earth living birth rhythm... it grows and grows, in studios and shows, amassing energy, momentum, it rolls from New York to the whole globe. These words, excerpted from Baba Isarael's “Poem, the opening cut on cellist/trombonist Dana Leong's debut recording Leaving New York, aptly foreshadow the music to follow: an effervescent, ebullient explosion of jazz energy. ...


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