Leon Jordan Sr. has more than 35 years of experience as a full time professional musician and percussionist touring and recording with various well known Jazz and R&B artists. Leon Sr. can be heard on more than 125 published recordings to date as a sideman performing Jazz, Pop, Gospel, Latin and even Country and Folk music. From about the mid 80’s through the 90’s Leon Sr. toured with and/or recorded extensively with Grover Washington Jr., John Blake Jr., Phyllis Hyman, Benny Golson, Chaka Kahn, The Stylistics, Lou Rawls, Monette Sudler, Joey DeFrancesco, George Benson, Roy Ayres, and featured with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra just to name a few. Leon Sr. also appeared in ensemble and Orchestral performances for the touring companies of Ain’t Misbehavin’, Five Guys Named Moe, and Perlie.

Since 1994 Leon Jordan Sr. has performed teaching workshops and master classes for; The school district of Philadelphia, Trenton Community Music School, Mt Airy cultural Center, Christina Cultural Arts Center, Graterford Prison, the Jazz Institute of New Jersey, and several and local out of state colleges. His Ensemble conducts A Jazz Journey For Youth assembly program, Fundamentals Of Jazz residency, and Jazz and percussion workshop sessions. Leon has been a presenter at Musicopia’s roster since 2002, and currently leads several ensembles including the bucket drumming which can include 50 or more students. His workshops have developed pioneering teaching techniques for special needs students and brain injured adults that have been recognized by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts and Duplicated nationally.

Leon is currently the founder and leader of the Renaissance Orchestra, a 10 pc special events band based out of Philadelphia