Results for "David Leon"

Some (more) Short Songs

By Amanda Ekery

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: LCC #13 (Vision) LCC #14 (Mind Games) LCC #15 (Maybe I Should Drive) LCC #16 LCC #17 LCC #18 (Up There) LCC #19 LCC #20 LCC #21 (That Dog Won’t Hunt) LCC #22

John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2021

by John Sharpe
December 30, 2021

Whether due to pent up creative energy or release schedules making up for lost time, more terrific music has come my way than for several years, in spite of the last twelve months. From the 200 or so discs that I heard in 2021, here are ten new issues (in the order I came across them), ...

LCC #15 (Maybe I Should Drive)

November 30, 2021

Album: Some (more) Short Songs
By Amanda Ekery
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Duration: 02:18

Nick Fraser Quintet, Paula Shocron & Jörg Schippa

by Maurice Hogue
October 6, 2021

Toronto's noted drummer, Nick Fraser, kindly shared a preview track from If There Were No Opposites back in June as part of the 1200th show, and now the full album is ready to go, released by the much-respected Hat Hut label. Nick's got his usual crew of Tony Malaby, Rob Clutton and Andrew Downing, and the ...

Mankwe Ndosi, Marc Johnson & Damien Kingston

by Maurice Hogue
September 22, 2021

Mankwe Ndosi is not a singer (more like a true vocal artist!!!) that was familiar to me, but she certainly is now. Her recording Felt/Not Said is strikingly different. She's from Minneapolis, not that far from Chicago, the home of the AACM, and that's where Ndosi set out to incorporate AACM influences to her African roots ...

David León, Sean Conly, Thomas Heberer & more Jerry Granelli

by Maurice Hogue
September 8, 2021

Aire De Agua from saxophonist David León is a very impressive recording. It's one of the highlights of this episode. Bassist Sean Conly keeps his string of fine recordings going with his latest, The Buzz, and you'll hear samples from other new releases from two Argentinians, drummer Axel Filip and saxophonist Rodrigo Dominguez, trumpeter Thomas Heberer, ...

Cheap Thrills: The Music Of Rick Margitza

By The South Florida Jazz Orchestra

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Cheap Thrills; The Place To Be; Widow's Walk; Brace Yourself; 45 Pound Hound; Premonition; Walls; Sometimes I Have Rhythm; Embraceable You

Petra Haden, Bill Frisell, Jimmy Heath, Jorge Roeder & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 8, 2020

As we continue our exploration of the best in new and upcoming jazz, this week we look into a unique project featuring the music of John Zorn and lyrics of Jesse Harris written with the unique voice of Petra Haden in mind, a special album that blends beautifully with the new releases by Bill Frisell, Jorge ...

David Leon

David Leon is a Cuban-American saxophonist, woodwinds player, composer, and improviser living in Brooklyn, New York. His work is guided by a persistent search for vitality through autonomy, contradiction, hyperbole, and humor. His work with the saxophone investigates alternate methods for producing a tone, refinement of these techniques, and development of a distinct vocabulary using these sounds; he melds this timbral approach with melodic and rhythmic phrasing from Cuban folkloric traditions, narrative playing, Free Jazz & avant-garde esthetics, and microtonality to reveal a personal conceit. David was a 2025 Jerome Artist Resident at Roulette Intermedium and was recognized in the 2026 Rising Star categories for alto and soprano saxophones by Downbeat Magazine’s Critics Poll

Lisa Hoppe's Third Reality: The Mighty Unlikely

by Mike Jurkovic
January 24, 2020

Without giving away any professional secrets, it is quite often that any beat-pounding pundit or wily curmudgeon--pick several thousand if you like, there's billions out there--will come at an artist with certain prejudices and expectations. And so it is with German bassist Lisa Hoppe. Having heard her unusual yet oddly soothing explorations on such discs as ...