Leonid & Friends
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| Origin | Moscow, Russia |
| Genres | Chicago Tribute Band |
| Years active | 2014-present |
| Website | leonidandfriends |
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Leonid & Friends is a Russian tribute act for the band Chicago. Leonid & Friends was founded in 2014 by Leonid Vorobyev. His "friends" are a mix of talented musicians and singers who have collaborated with Leonid on his project.
Vorobyev creates transcribes the arrangements by ear, listing to the original tracks, with no other help. [1]
Leonid & Friends recorded additional videos and gained a worldwide following and over 50 million video views on YouTube and Facebook. [2]
Enthusiastic fan demand has led to a multiple successful US concert tours. The 2021 tour is scheduled to begin in April.
Documentary videos
Members
- Leonid Vorobyev – vocal, synth, piano, bass, transcript of the musical source, producing, mixing, mastering
- Vasily Akimov –vocal
- Igor Javad-Zade – drums
- Sergey Kashirin – guitar, vocal
- Andrey Zyl – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Maxim Likhachev – trombone
- Alexandr Michurin – trombone
- Konstantin Gorshkov – sax
- Oleg Kudryavtsev – sax
- Vladimir Osinsky – piano (special guest)
- Vladimir Popov – flute, sax, percussion
- Serge Tiagniryadno (Kiev, Ukraine) – vocal, guitar
- Vlad Senchillo – keybords, backing-vocal
- Ksenia Buzina – backing-vocal
- Dmitry Maximov – ex-bass
- Alexey Batychenko – ex-trumpet & flugelhorn
Most of the players are from the Moscow area, others are from Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus [4]
History
Founding
First Videos
First Live Performances (Moscow)
- January 27, 2018, Igor Butman Jazz Club
- 2018, Yota Arena. U.S. ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman played keyboards with Leonid & Friends at the Yota Arena in Moscow. Together, they performed Chicago’s 1972 hit, “Saturday in the Park.” [5]
Facebook Groups
More Videos
Demand for US Tours
Search for Promoter and Venues
US Tours
During the 2019 US Tour, Leonid & Friends performed live on NBC TV Chicago: link
Tour Book
Tour Cancellations due to Covid19
2021 Tour Plans
Tours
2019
Tour 1
New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Florida, and more [6] [7]
Tour 2
22 stops in 13 states.[8] List needed
Tour 3
list needed
Discography
In the media
References
- ↑ https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2019/07/how-the-whim-of-a-moscow-music-producer-created-a-chicago-cover-band-made-of-russians-leonid-friends.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/c/LeonidVorobyevandfriends/about
- ↑ http://www.noise11.com/news/leonid-vorobyev-takes-the-music-of-chicago-and-earth-wind-fire-to-russian-audiences-20181113
- ↑ http://www.philtraynor.com/blog/leonid-friends-chicagovich
- ↑ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2019-08-07/russias-top-chicago-cover-band-leonid-and-friends-back-in-the-usa
- ↑ https://www.dailynews.com/2019/01/11/how-a-group-of-guys-from-moscow-became-an-internationally-renowned-chicago-tribute-band/
- ↑ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/back-in-the-ussa-leonid-and-friends-arrive-in-america-300771634.html
- ↑ https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/chicago-cover-band-from-russia-comes-to-greensburg/
- ↑ http://www.philtraynor.com/blog/leonid-friends-chicagovich
External links
- Leonid & Friends on Twitter
- Leonid & Friends on Facebook
- Leonid & Friends's channel on YouTube
- Leonid & Friends – Lowell Summer Music Series
- CANCELLED- Leonid & Friends - The Senate Columbia
- Leonid & Friends: How the whim of a Moscow music producer
- Leonid & Friends - Chicagovich - Amazon.com Music
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