La Mont Zeno Theatre - Black Fairy Genre_SOUNDTRACK and ground-thumping drums played by

and ground-thumping drums played by the Brain Police’s Toshi Ishizuka—who appears on Tomokawa’s first three records and remains his collaborator to this day

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gaining praise everywhere from The Independent to XLR8R to BBC 6Music

Herbie Mann and others including Lalo Schifrin (cf

I called him Lollipop and would leave vegetable scraps out

La Mont Zeno Theatre - Black Fairy Genre_SOUNDTRACK and ground-thumping drums played by2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the production of the Black Fairy album. We began on the journey in 1975 to produce the album following the successful production and tour of the jazz funk musical. My first call for consultation was to one of my mentors, the late, legendary Oscar Brown Jr., for his advice. My second call was to the late Paul Serrano, owner of P. S. Recording Studios. Paul, a former trumpeter with Count Basie, agreed to personally