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When I met Ryo in 1977 he was already making music and quite famous in NYC at the time. He was working on this album Ring Toss and when he heard me sing, he immediately wanted me to do a little bit of singing on it. Most of the album was already done by then which probably why I didn’t have a bigger role in it.

I was fresh out of India at the time, around 22 years old, and my Hindustani classical training was vivid in my mind and throat. I think you can hear it in the song Sombrero.

• Alto Saxophone – Wilfredo Velez
• Arranged By – Ryo Kawasaki
• Arranged By [String And Brass] – Suresh Shottam
• Arranged By [String Syntheszer] – Larry Willis
• Art Direction – Ron Warwell
• Cello – Martha Siegal*
• Concertmaster [String Section] – Berenard Kaska*
• Congas, Percussion – Abdullah Muhammad Abdullah*
• Drums – Buddy Williams
• Electric Bass [Alembic] – Alex Blake (2)
• Engineer [Recording] – Bruce Gerstein, Fred Miller, Phil Clendennin*
• Flute [Bamboo] – Steve Gorn
• Guitar [Electric, Steel String Acoustic, Classical, Koto], Arranged By – Ryo Kawasaki
• Mastered By – Dennis King
• Percussion, Other [Sound Effects] – Armen Halburian
• Photography By – Rollo Phlecks
• Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Arp Odyssey, Arp String Ensemble], Arranged By [String Synthesizer] – Larry Willis
• Producer – Hank O’Neal, Ryo Kawasaki
• Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Flute – Sam Morrison
• Tabla – Badal Roy
• Trombone – Charles Stephens
• Trumpet – Billy Noftsinger, Otto A. Gomez*
• Vocals – Rhada Shottam*