Patrick Leonard had been working with Madonna since 1985 as a musical director, co-writer and co-producer until 2008.
In 2012 he worked with Cohen on the trio of albums “Old Ideas”, “Popular Problems” and “You Want It Darker”.
“Nevermind,” a song from Popular Problems that Patrick Leonard co-wrote and produced, was featured as the title theme for Season 2 of HBO’s True Detective.
Prior to working with Madonna, Patrick Leonard was musical director and lead keyboardist for the Jackson Victory Tour in 1984.
Before that, in the 70s before a short stint in Frank Zappa’s band he played in a band called Trillion featuring future Toto singer Dennis “Fergie” Frederiksen on lead vocals.
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