José Rizo (disc jockey)
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| Background information | |
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April 27, 1956 Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, bandleader |
| Years active | 1975–present |
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.
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.
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