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Richie Zellon
Jazz / Latin / Fusion



Miami /, Lima
Peru

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Member Since8/14/2007
Band Websitewww.richiezellon.com
Band Members
Sounds LikeContigo En La Distancia

Record Labelsong-o-sau’rus
Type of LabelIndie


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RICHIE ZELLON (Guitarist, Composer,& Educator), was born in Lima, Peru where he recorded his first album, "Landologia" (Retrato en Blanco y Negro) in 1982 for the Fonovox label. The recording featured Zellon's unique compositions  merging Afro-Peruvian music with jazz for the first time. Legendary American jazz musician, Jimmy Heath who met Zellon during one of his performances in Peru and was intrigued by his unique style, wrote the liner notes. Lima's leading newspaper, El Comercio, called it “..a milestone in Peruvian contemporary music”.

In 1995 he established Songosaurus Music, a record label devoted to the promotion of new Latin Jazz artists from all over the continent. "The Afro-Peruvian Jazz Sessions","Café con Leche", "The Nazca Lines" (Grammy nominated) and "Metal Caribe" are just a few of his critically acclaimed CDs for the label. They showcase a diversity of Latin rhythms covering not only the Brazilian and Afro Caribbean styles traditionally associated with the Latin Jazz genre, but also those pertaining to a variety of South American countries such as Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay and of course his native Peru. He has performed in clubs and jazz festivals throughout the US., Latin America, Europe and Israel.

In the years following his national recording debut with the Songosaurus label, he has spent most of his time as producer for dozens of Latin Jazz CD projects. He has recorded and/or performed in the company of such world-class artists as Paquito D' Rivera, Alex Acuña, Danilo Perez, David Liebman, Dave Samuels, Sam Rivers, Jerry Bergonzi, Abraham Laboriel, Justo Almario, Bob Moses, George Garzone, Manfredo Fest, Jeff Berlin and David Amram among others.

Due to his innovations within the evolving Latin Jazz field, he has been profiled internationally in various books on its history: "El Diccionario de Latin Jazz" by Nat Chediak , the French book on Latin Jazz, "Caliente" by Luc Delannoy ,"Mixtura: jazz con sabor peruano" by Jorge Olazo, "Cuban Fire: The Story of Salsa and Latin Jazz" and "Jazz Latino" by Isabelle Leymarie ,"Jazz Jews" by Mike Gerber, as well as "Oye Como Va" by Jose Arteaga .

From 2004 to 2007 he served as Professor of Jazz Guitar Studies at Florida International University in Miami prior to which he fulfilled the same position at the University of South Florida (Tampa,FL.). He was also on the faculty at ARTI (Audio Recording Tech Institute) in Orlando for 2 consecutive years.

In addition to being a BMIwriter and publisher, Zellon has been writing a regular column on Latin American music for ""Jazz Improv"magazine since 1999.

Richie Zellon is an endorser of Moll archtop guitars.


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ELAINE CORMANY (Official Page)

ELAINE CORMANY  (Official Page)
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Nov 15 2009 2:14 PM


 



 

BLESSINGS,
ELAINE


 

Antonio Esteban (Official Page)

Guitars ♣Don Gato



Nov 7 2009 12:19 AM

DON GATO

DON GATO



Oct 31 2009 9:58 AM

Happy Halloween!


Plejad

Valéria Balatincz



Oct 27 2009 5:50 PM

GO TO FUZZYWUZ.COM
FUZZYWUZ.COM

Thanks for the add..
Greetings from Hungary..Valéria
A + A (Alex + Annette)

A + A  (Alex + Annette)



Oct 26 2009 8:30 AM

HOLA RICHIE
UN GUSTASO EN SALUDARTE EN INVITANDOTE A UNA ESTADIA EN MI CASA
EL DIA QUE EN QUE TE TOQUE VISITAR C.A! CUANDO PASAS POR AQUI?
QUE TODO SEA SIEMPRE EXITO EN TU MUSICA YA QUE TE LO MERESES!
 EL UNICO DETALLE ES QUE NO HAY QUE PERDER CONTACTO YA QUE ESTAMOS TODOS
LOS DE NUESTRA PROMOCION EN DESCUENTO, PERO SI CON MUCHA FE DE
TIRAR PARA ADELANTE CON LA AYUDA DIVINA, AMEN!
UN ABRAZO!
ALEX NATANSON
A+A (ALEX+ANNETTE)
714 600 65 41
"JC" JOHNNY CONGA

"JC" JOHNNY CONGA



Oct 21 2009 5:52 PM

Hey Richie...how things my brother?...hope all is well..Im good , staying busy...u ever coming this way?..Jazz Alley?....keep in touch Bro...btw  i can be on your next recording . I have studio access with Cubase and can record my parts here with a sample master..paz...



Antonio Esteban (Official Page)

Guitars ♣Don Gato



Oct 5 2009 9:49 PM

Thanks for the support!


Palomino

Palomino Miguel



Sep 28 2009 9:05 PM

Hola Richie, que bueno es de escuchar tu musica, sigue deleitandonos....
 

Vitucho Music

Vitucho Music



Sep 23 2009 5:43 PM

Hola Richie
Mucha alegria de tenerte como amigo.
Te sigo desde años ... tomé unas clases contigo alla por el 82 ...
Aun tengo por alli el vinilo de Landologia ... y recuerdos de escucharte
en Lima ... desde el Lyons Pub ... y el IPCNA y muchos
otros lugares.

Un abrazo Fuerte

Vitucho
Metafhora Jazz Perú

Metafhora Jazz Perú



Sep 16 2009 6:49 AM

hola amigo Richie,aqui pasando a saludarte,escuchando tu buena musica,un saludo a las musas,buen fin de semana,Marcos.
DON GATO

DON GATO



Sep 15 2009 9:33 PM

Richie, my wife Elaine just picked you as her favorite guitarist after I played a blindfold test (lol)...you rank with Jeff Beck (salvando las diferencias estilísticas, claro)...

Gracias por los Tops...correspondo una vez más...
Antonio

PS: She is all for the cat benefit...
Un abrazo...
Alexis Drummer

Alexis Drummer



Aug 11 2009 1:34 PM

Me da mucho gusto de tenerte en mi espacio ,Antonio - Don gato me hablo bien de ti!
es muy buena tu musica ,felicitaciones!!
un abrazo desde Brasil
hasta pronto...
Wanda ~ Music Revue ®

Wanda Future



Aug 10 2009 10:50 PM

Gracias por la amistad...lo mejor en guitarra de Jazz en el Perú es el Sr. Zellon...

¿Nos concede una entrevista para nuestro blog-zine bilingüe?

Wanda Future


 




Pierre Huarniz

Pierre Huarniz



Aug 1 2009 5:55 AM

Richie ...un fuerte abrazo, que tengas buen viaje y espero podamos hacer musica pronto, cuidate. Nos vemos. Pierre Huarniz
Metafhora Jazz Perú

Metafhora Jazz Perú



Jul 28 2009 6:26 AM

un saludo y abrazos de todos nosotros,bien por el concierto que vas a dar,abrazos, Yuriko.
Metafhora Jazz Perú

Metafhora Jazz Perú



Jul 13 2009 6:37 AM

hola amigo Richie, aqui pasando a saludarte,escuchaste el tema que canto y toco piano,yo aqui escuchando tu buena musica,cuando vienes a lima, abrazos Brenda.
Tarkus

Tarkus



Jun 3 2009 10:19 AM

hola richie cuando pases por c.a no se te olvide de visitar
y me avisas antes
cuidate y muchos exitos
y que viva como dices el rock peruano.

alex natanson
"JC" JOHNNY CONGA

"JC" JOHNNY CONGA



May 20 2009 4:08 PM

HEY RITCHIE   GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU...THANK YOU,BRO!....HOW THINGS?..."JC" JOHNNY CONGA
"JC" JOHNNY CONGA

"JC" JOHNNY CONGA



May 15 2009 11:27 PM

HI RITCHIE HOPE ALL IS WELL MY BROTHER...
I HAVE A NEW CD WITH 18 TRAKS OF AFRO-CUBAN/CARIBBEAN DRUMMING AND LATIN JAZZ MUSIC...
New CD "Breaking Skin/Rompiendo el Cuero" is now available at DESCARGA.COM(see review-Highly Recommended)..Thank you in advance for supporting the Drum and my music!..Volcano Percussion Artist-"JC" JOHNNY CONGA
Metafhora Jazz Perú

Metafhora Jazz Perú



May 15 2009 6:26 PM

hola gran amigo Richie ,soy Brenda tengo recintes 15 años y estoy debutando como cantante de jazz, me gustaria su observacion comentario y concejos, seria gran alegria para mi,muchas gracias,abrazos.
KIKE GOYA

KIKE GOYA



Apr 28 2009 3:45 AM

Gracias por la amistad en este espacio!
Felicitaciones por tan excelente trabajo!!
Recibe mis mejores deseos de éxitos y un enorme abrazo musical desde Tokyo!
Ivàn Reàtegui

Ivàn Reàtegui



Apr 1 2009 2:56 PM

Hola Richie, si pues q bueno encontrarte y seria muy bueno hacer musica cuando este en Lima, te dejo mi msn para q me agregues. ivanreategui_@hotmail.com
Emanuel Bonaccorso (Cantautor)

Emanuel Bonaccorso (Cantautor)



Apr 1 2009 1:42 AM

Gracias Richie por tu bonito comentario!!! estoy muy agradecido
y quiero nuevamente decirte que me gusta mucho lo que hacés!!!
Saludotes
Emanuel
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Voy dando vueltas
y nada deja de girar
y giro en el espacio
en forma de espiral
órbita infinita que despliega el movimiento
como un lapso inagotable de la vida
en la clara luz sutil
maquinaria del tiempo
(Espiral - Emanuel Bonaccorso)
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Un servidor que comunica con pequeñas canciones
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El sitio donde pueden descargar algunas canciones fuera del círculo de myspace es:www.betarecords.com/emanuel.bonaccorso
Alex Emery

Alex Emery



Mar 31 2009 9:32 PM

One does what one can! We backed Carlos Espinoza as a special guest at a bluesfest I organized at the Jazz Zone last year (and which I hope will become an annual affair). It would be great to have you guesting.
Your recordings feature some interesting stuff
DON GATO

DON GATO



Mar 26 2009 4:41 AM

...oh, and when it comes to fine Jazz guitar and pioneering Afro-Peruvian Fusion, I'll stick to Mr. Richie Zellon...thank you.

Antonio Esteban
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