INITIATED INTO CANDOMBLÉ AT 8 YEARS OF AGE AS OGÃ DE XANGÔ, LÉO LEOBONS HAS RHYTHM IN HIS VEINS. TODAY, HE IS THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED BRAZILIAN AUTHORITY ON AFRO-CUBAN FOLKLORE, HAVING CONTRIBUTED TO THE EDUCATION OF A WHOLE GENERATION OF PERCUSSIONISTS FROM RIO DE JANEIRO. HE HAS WORKED WITH EVERYONE FROM MARIA RITA TO AZYMUTH; FROM NANDO REIS TO PEDRO LUÍS E A PAREDE; FROM LUCAS SANTTANA AND RAMIRO MUSOTTO TO APPEARANCES WITH TITO PUENTE AND EDDIE PALMIERI. HIS WORK APPEARS IN FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, RADIO PROGRAMS AND TELEVISION IN BRAZIL AND AROUND THE WORLD.