The success of the Wanderley trio's Top Five single Summer Samba and platinum debut album Rain Forest brought recording work of all kinds for Slon during the period, including a high-profile gig with Jobim and Frank Sinatra on the album Sinatra Company and its accompanying television special. He joined Sergio Mendes Brazil '66 by the end of the decade. Slon appeared with the group for almost a decade, and has also played with Dori Caymmi, Paulinho Da Costa, John Pisano, and Joe Pass, among others. Slon also co-led (with Milcho Leviev) the Leviev-Slon Quartet, releasing albums for Vartan Jazz (Jive Sambas) and Elephant (When I'm 64), the latter recorded with Herbie Mann. Slon was based out of Los Angeles for many years before relocating in the mid-90s to Colorado where he continued to work as a drummer, percussionist, and producer until his death in April, 2002. ~ John Bush, Rovi