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About Richie Zellon

Richie Zellon, guitarist, composer, and music educator, has held teaching positions as professor of jazz guitar at Florida International University (Miami) the University of South Florida (Tampa) The Music Workshop (Orlando) and his own venue, Miami Jazz Guitar. With several critically acclaimed recordings under his name, Zellon has recorded and/or performed with some of the most influential musicians both in the mainstream and Latin jazz genres. Among them, Paquito D' Rivera, David Leibman, Jerry Bergonzi, Sam Rivers, George Garzone, Danilo Perez, Jeff Berlin, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuna and Edward Simon to name a few. Due to his innovations in the field of jazz and latin music he has been profiled in several important books such as "The Great Jazz Guitarists" by Scott Yanow, "The Jazz Guitar: Its Evolution, Players and Personalities Since 1900" by Maurice J. Summerfield,"El Diccionario de Latin Jazz" by Nat Chediak, "Caliente: A History of Latin Jazz" by Luc Delanoy and "Jazz Jews" by Michael Gerber. For almost a decade, he wrote an instructional column for Jazz Improv magazine. In addition to his dedication to mainstream jazz, his ongoing research on the music of various Latin American cultures and their fusion with contemporary music has been a sought after topic by musicians at international clinics and workshops as well.