Bird's Eye David Leon

• 1 You won’t find it by yourself 06:43
• 2 Ay-ya 05:33
• 3 Nothing Urgent, Just Unfortunate (feat. Doyeon Kim & Lesley Mok) 09:23
• 4 to speak in flowers 06:53
• 5 A Night For Counting Stars 08:36
• 6 Secret Footshake 02:52
• 7 Expressive Jargon I & III 07:44
• 8 Infatuation Station 07:02
• 9 Secret Handshake 03:02
• 10 Palmetto 06:44
• Total Runtime 01:04:32

Info for Bird's Eye

Bird’s Eye is the latest project from saxophonist and composer David Leon with Doyeon Kim on gayageum and Lesley Mok on drumset & percussion. Inspired by the folkloric musics of Cuba and Korea, the compositions weave rigorous ensemble writing and guided improvisation to investigate collectivity.

Saxophonist/composer David Leon weaves influences from Afro-Cuban and Korean traditional music into innovative, stunning new jazz forms Bird’s Eye, due out March 8, 2024 via Pyroclastic Records, features a pathfinding new trio with gayageum player DoYeon Kim and drummer/percussionist Lesley Mok “[David Leon’s] extroversion feels like a natural part of his musical personality, spiking his agile post-bop with nifty conceptual brio that never gets in the way of his desire to communicate."" – Peter Margasak, The Quietus

David Leon, soprano & alto saxophones, alto flute, piccolo
DoYeon Kim, gayagum, voice
Lesley Mok, drum-set, percussion, glockenspiel

DoYeon Kim
is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning virtuoso of the gayageum (a traditional Korean string instrument). In addition to traditional Korean music, DoYeon specializes in free jazz, jazz, and improvisation. She regularly performs solo and group concerts worldwide in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America…

David Leon
Performing on alto saxophone, alto flute, and soprano saxophone, David Leon leads the ensemble. In his compositions and woodwind playing alike, he explores the use of alternate timbres and the ways in which those sounds can combine to generate new hybrids…

Lesley Mok
Informed by Afrological principles of drum ensemble playing, Lesley Mok performs on a percussion kit assembled especially for the ensemble. She combines bongos, cowbells, temple blocks, cymbals, and floor tom, and employs diverse performance techniques to produce a dynamic range of timbres and orchestrations. A true experimentalist, she has been mentored by Vijay Iyer, Henry Threadgill, Danilo Perez, Terri Lyne Carrington, and others.

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