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José Rizo (April 27, 1956) is a disc jockey, born in Guadalajara, Mexico and grew up in Oxnard, California. He is a band leader, composer, music producer and host of ''Jazz on the Latin Side'' on radio station KKJZ. Rizo is one of the pioneers in programming Latin-jazz on jazz radio. In 2011 his band Mongorama was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album, for the album ''Mongorama''. == History in Radio== While a student at University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB, Rizo began interviewing people on air at KCSB-FM. In the late 1970s he was a founder of Radio Chicano, a community and student broadcasting organization based at Cal State Santa Barbara. Rizo started on Santa Barbara commercial radio station KIST AM, doing a public affairs show called ''La Voz De La Raza'' that aired Sunday mornings from 1975 to 1976 He served as program director for two years. Rizo I hosted a radio show called ''Barrio Salsoul'' from 1976 to 1982, on the UC Santa Barbara campus radio station, KCSB, and was the program director at KCSB in 1978. At UCSB in the late 1970s he produced the yearly Cinco de Mayo concerts in the Storke Plaza, where he began working with such artists as Poncho Sanchez, Los Lobos, Tierra and Pete & Sheila Escovedo. While a student at University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB, Rizo began spinning music and interviewing people on Santa Barbara top-40 commercial radio station KIST AM, producing a public affairs show called 'La Voz De La Raza' that aired Sunday mornings in 1975 to 1976. From 1976 to 1982, Rizo worked at the UCSB student radio station, KCSB FM, broadcasting the weekly radio show, 'Barrio Salsoul', and serving as the radio station program director in 1978. Some of his earliest radio interviews included Cal Tjader, Los Lobos, Gato Barbieri, and Carlos Santana. Rizo was the founder of 'Radio Chicano', a community and student broadcasting organization based at KCSB (UC Santa Barbara) that produced daily Chicano/Latino programming. Rizo was influenced early in his career by Chico Sesma, a pioneer latin music disc jockey and bandleader, who became a friend and mentor. Sesma was the very first to expose the mambo and cha cha cha to radio audiences in Los Angeles in the 50's and 60's. Another significant influence on his career was Chuck Niles, the only jazz disc jockey honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Dedicated to bringing a more authentic approach to Latin Jazz onto the radio, in 1990, Rizo approached public radio station, KLON 88.1, about producing a regular program. After an audition, and a recommendation from Poncho Sanchez, the station invited him onto the airwaves, and his show ''Jazz on the Latin Side'' became a success, debuting on Sunday night, January 7, 1990. About a year later ''Jazz on the Latin Side'' switched to Friday nights. He served as program director for the station from 2007 until 2010. The success of the radio show ''Jazz on the Latin Side'' lead to a series of successful yearly productions like the 'KLON Latin-jazz Club Caravans' and 'KLON Cinco de Mayo Latin-jazz Dance Concerts'. Rizo was also the founder of the 'KJazz High School Jazz Festival'. Besides the best in Latin-jazz, Jose had frequent live interviews with illustrious guests like Cachao, Kenny Burrell, Horace Silver, Mongo Santamaria, actor Andy Garcia, Eddie Palmieri, Poncho Sanchez, Gerald Wilson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hubert Laws, Al McKibbon, Willie Colon, Marc Anthony, and many others. In the mid 1990's he was invited to participate in Grammy Award committees and later, Latin Grammy Award committees. Rizo has also been an integral part of the yearly Central Avenue Jazz Festival since its inception in July 1996. Through the years he has served as artistic director alongside such jazz luminaries as Buddy Collette and Teddy Edwards. Working yearly with Los Angeles Jazz greats such as Gerald Wilson and Ernie Andrews. Rizo received the "Jazz Journalists Association 'A' Team Award" for support of the Central Avenue Jazz Festival in 2007. Rizo was also co-founder and artistic director of the successful ‘Luckman Fine Arts Latin Jazz Concert' series (2000-2005) where he produced yearly Latin-jazz concert events with such as Eddie Palmieri, Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band, Poncho Sanchez, Dianne Reeves, Ozomatli, Tolu, Los Lobos, Francisco Aguabella, and others. In 2004, Jose and his wife, Leticia, started Saungu Records. Jose Rizo is the artistic producer of the yearly, 2-day "L. A. Councilman Gilbert Cedillo's Latin Jazz and Music Festival" in Highland Park in the Los Angeles Area in August. Rizo has also been a part of the yearly "East L. A. Meets Napa" wine tasting event produced by AltaMed at the Union Station in Los Angeles, since 2005. By 2007, KLON call letters had changed to KKJZ. Rizo became the station music director from 2007 to 2010. During this period, ''Jazz on the Latin Side'' aired on weekdays, Monday to Friday,Los Angeles drive-time, 5 to 7 pm. In 2010, the show went to Friday and Saturday nights until the start of 2015. Currently the show airs on Saturday nights, 6 to 10 pm. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「José Rizo (disc jockey)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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