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Stephan Crump & David Leon


April 26, 2025

8:00pm

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





Tal Yahalom Quintet (New Haven, CT)


May 2, 2025

Sets at 7:30 & 9:30p

Firehouse 12
45 Crown Street
New Haven, CT
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






David Leon Quartet


May 9, 2025

7:30pm

Hunter College
Presented by Hunter College Jazz and New Topologies.

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






Moran/ Roberts/ Mok/ Leon

May 13, 2025

8:00pm

Sisters
900 Fulton Street
Performing as part of Assembly

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





David Leon/ Joel Ross/ Daniel Prim

May 16, 2025

Sets at 7:30, 9:00 & 10:30p

Close Up
154 Orchard Street
A Live Recording! Three Sets!

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






Melissa Almaguer Quartet

May 29, 2025

Sets at 7:30 & 9:00

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






Locomotive

June 10, 2025

7:00pm

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

8:00pm


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





Stephan Crump - Passerine

June 14, 2025

8:00pm

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 & 10:15pm

Bar LunÀtico
486 Halsey St
Tal 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

8:00pm

Loft
Wißmannstraße 30, 50823 Köln, Germany
David Leon, alto saxophone & flute
Florian Herzog, bass
Band TBA






Stephan Crump - Passerine

September 24, 2025

8:00pm

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

8:00pm

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

8:00pm

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




















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

8:00pm

Roulette Intermedium
509 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, NY
Presenting 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

9:30pm

Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette St
Known 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/