page_title: José Rizo (DJ)
section_title: Mongorama
hierarchical_section_title: José Rizo (DJ) / Mongorama
caption_attribution_description: English: Mongorama
context_page_description: José Rizo 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 a pioneer 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 their self-titled album.
context_section_description: Rizo is the founder of the Afro-Cuban jazz band Mongorama. Its formation was inspired by an appreciation of jazz conguero Mongo Santamaria's 1960s musical exploration integrating Cuban charanga rhythms with jazz. The current Mongorama members are Justo Almario, Danilo Lozano, Ramon Banda, Dayren Santamaria, Rene Camacho, Joey De Leon, Alfredo Ortiz, James Zavaleta, Joe Rotondi and Jose Rizo. The first two Mongorama CDs also featured Destani Wolf, Adonis Puentes, Poncho Sanchez, Hubert Laws and Kenny Burrell.
  In 2011, their debut self-titled album Mongorama was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album.
  Discography:
  Mongorama
  Baila Que Baila
caption: Mongorama
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