Todd Simon has been busy in the studio with various artists, such as Flora Purim and the Bay Area rapper Andre Nickatina. He was also the music director for a tribute to the Miles Davis/Gil Evans album Sketches of Spain, featuring Hubert Laws, Ronnie Laws, Josef Leimberg, and Alphonso Johnson. Todd’s live outfits, Ethio Cali and the Angel City All-Star Brass Band, were slated to play the main stage at the LA Grand Park Fourth of July Block Party.