The drummer is so good, like a metronome with soul.

The happiest band on KZread.

Vocalistas, instrumentistas, arreglistas, coristas de este grupo son lo mas increible que he escuchado en mi vida.

Anytime you have a Leonid & Friends pop up, I put on hold any other video I was going to watch, to watch yours.

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

Love that! 😃👏🫶

Ksenia with the shoulder shimmy shake... Can't get enough!

Yep, this is another stellar rendition from the Leonids´! The arrangement, the little sparkles, the voice, the Bass, the sunglasses... and Ksenia ;-)

Thank you, Jeff! I'm out of superlatives to describe these amazing people. As a lifelong musician, they just make me happy. I love them.

Leonid and Friends never disappoint. Everything they arrange is fabulous!

Been following leonid and friends for over 6 years. Hooked on them from the first video I had ever seen. They know I love them!

Moar cowbell! Man that was groovy.

Until I saw them on their 2023 tour, I had never seen a video with Mikhail. When he did his first song, I was hooked. That guy is something else.

The lead vocalist, Mikail, has replaced Serge of Ukraine, and has truly stepped up. The cute singer in blue next to your crush Ksenia is Irina - wife of drummer Javad, and an excellent vocalist in her own right!

@janiscollette1737

3 ай бұрын

I thought she was Michael's wife?

@davidbrownstein1464

3 ай бұрын

@@janiscollette1737 Nope. They've been married for a while. I met her at the end of last Spring's tour.

I love this! The engineering is superb. The mix is close to perfect! Igor rules!!

Love this song!!!!!

Thanks Jeff I love couples day! Great song by a fabulous band!

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

😂👏👏👏🫶

Ksenia is a goddess

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

I couldn’t NOT say anything 😂

@TheCybertiger9

2 ай бұрын

she is worth the price of admission

You have great Observation Jeff!! Right On!! Nothing wrong with admiring things of Beauty and that she is, Ksenia is a Beautiful Woman and Amazing Talent.

Newer edition of the band, but they still have 'it'. "Michael" gets the job done on vocals. Valery has grown into the trumpet chair, replacing Andrey. Ksenia, augmented by Irina (drummer's wife) is a new move.

As I have said on many occasions, you have got to see these guys live! They are first-class, and I know what I am saying. I have a DMA in Orchestral Conducting, and these guys are some of the very best studio musicians out there! I have been a fan of theirs since the first video back in 2014, and they never cease to amaze me! I love L&F and can't wait to see them again in Big D!

Thanks, Jeff. Another solid cover from L&F..

Ksenia doesnt always dress to impress but this time she got it spot on. Any form fitting outfit will always be a safe bet.

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

You are is right my friend 😂👏

Didn't expect a "gotcha" song 😮😊 I love Little Stevie Wonder! Now please tell me you caught the singer the trumpet player and the keyboard player sporting the Stevie Wonder glasses. Thanks Jeff. It's the first time I have seen anyone cover Stevie.

@dotlund1096

3 ай бұрын

I wondered if the lights were bright in the studio? 😎

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

😄

Ksenia is to me as perfect a woman as there is, I just can't stop looking at her she is so beautiful!

Another in a long, LONG string of cover hits by L&F...superb !! 😊💥💫

i always appreciate your POV. tyvm for posting. for me, one of the best rushes i get when viewing these L & F videos, is when everyone is smiling, including yourself. its like mainlining happiness and joy. as a 70 year old i so appreciate this medium that allows us to "see" the music as well as hear it. this is one corner of the Internet that i find to always be overflowing with positive vibes and truth. ☮❤🙏

One of the horns has a Tower of Power shirt on. He knows.

For some reason I don’t remember that song but I couldn’t stop dancing around the room. What a great mood elevator.

Always… ALWAYS… happy to see Ksenia. She never goes out of style. 🏆 She’s an amazing human being from Chita, on the far east side of Russia. ❤

@kens32052

3 ай бұрын

I've always heard that she speaks 8 languages, is a piano virtuoso, and is working on her PHD. Brains & Beauty lol.

@vegasatc

3 ай бұрын

@@kens32052 all true. 💯

Thanks Jeff this cheered me up after learning my sister passed away. You're awesome!

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

Oh man I’m really sorry to hear that my friend. I lost my brother a couple years ago so I get it. 🫶🫶🫶

Irina is Igor’s wife. Nice addition to the backup vocals.

News Flash!!! Leonid & Friends have a brand new one Boogie Wonderland !!!

For me, your best reviews are Leonid & Friends .And Ksenia is just a bomb

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

Ya really feeling these!

Jeff when you mentioned Ksenia I must admit you're a man of impeccable taste, and there is nothing wrong with your eye site

@StrateleStudios

2 ай бұрын

😂🤣😂👏👏👏🫶

When I copied this video to my laptop, I added the term "shimmy" at the end of the title, to reflect what Ksenia was doing in that form-fitting long-sleeve white shirt. That was enough to keep me watching that video over and over again ! 😊

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

😂🤣😂

@HQBergeron

3 ай бұрын

If you ever see L&F live, whenever Ksenia is not at her mic for awhile, she posts up at the back of stage center in profile to the audience and “shimmies.” Oh my. I may be twice her age, but I’m a long way from dead, yet. Got to speak with her for several minutes last Nov. ‘23 after a concert, and she is as sweet as any human being can be as well. Wishing her a great life!

Ksenia? She is amazing is all ways!

Frickin' channeling Stevie, man... Puntov is amazing.

Just pure fun built on a seriously solid foundation.😊

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

You have you been?!

@peterkoeppl

3 ай бұрын

@@StrateleStudios I'll spare you the details here. I'll write you.

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

@@peterkoeppl sounds good 👍

That sounded really good :)

I love the brass section

I noticed that Leonid and Friends did a Tower of Power song. I wish they would look into more of their great funk and soul music to cover. Just a thought.

I'd never heard it either before their rendition here...

@debbicozart7130

3 ай бұрын

It's an old Stevie Wonder song! Thanks for couples day 😊. Love you Jeff 😍

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

@@debbicozart7130🫶🫶🫶

Their touring in the states…better go see them

🤍💛🧡💗💚💙💜🤎🖤✌

I’ve said it before, if anyone can ever figure out how to clone Ksenia, I’m getting in line……

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

😂🤣😂

Where are the new Ren videos man? 👍

@StrateleStudios

3 ай бұрын

All the videos you’re seeing are fulfillments of donation requests. They get top priority. No one has made any donation requests for Ren. If you, or anyone else, is interested the info is in the description. 🫶

I am sure it is well done, but I am unfamiliar with the song entirely. Can't say it did very much for me - but they can't all bat all of them out of the park.

@rickstadel5285

3 ай бұрын

No sir -- this IS out of the park! If you HAD heard it 43,692 times when it was newly released, you would know . . Or better still, gather your favorite clutch of local musicians and try to produce this (or any other) Stevie Wonder groove. Sounds simple . . But . .

@erik1836

3 ай бұрын

@@rickstadel5285 As I mentioned, it doesn't do much for me and I was unfamiliar with it - that wasn't a criticism of it - nor intended to denigrate their efforts, which I think, perhaps, you took it as being. I am well aware of the expertise needed to affect an effect such as this. That, is what I was saying - you didn't need to come to their defense their artistry speaks for itself.

The Swifties can have Taylor. I’m on team Ksenia.

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