Origin Records Artist Bobby Rozario

I seldom get that excited by a new album these days, but the absolutely scorching guitar originality that guitarist Rozario brings to this new album will have you RAWKin'...
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Bobby Rozario is an American guitarist with Indian, Brazilian Portuguese descent. He possesses a unique approach to interpreting melodic lines in Rock / Jazz and World music genres.

Bobby Rozario's latest offering as an Executive producer, composer, arranger and guitarist culminates in his upcoming album HEALER, set to be released in November of 2025. This project features exceptionally talented musicians who artfully captured the direction, vibration and atmosphere envisioned by the producer in their purest essence.

The album showcases Bobby's keen awareness of contemporary issues and a profound understanding of the present resulting in new hybrid expressions of musicality that convert a sense of positivity and the universal vibration. As Executive Producer of this record Bobby Rozario has brought together a lineup of 20 musicians with background in Jazz and Latin music who are performing on this album.

HEALER is not just an album, it is a vibe created by Bobby Rozario as composer and guitarist, where the music offers an upbeat mood with the sound of Rozario's electric guitar voice and solos blending backed by world rhythms, having a Jazz Rock sound with vocal interpretations.

The Album showcases the musicality and rhythm by musicians like, Robby Ameen, James Genus, Ruben Rodriguez, Nathaniel Townsley, Luisito Quintero, and vocalists who appear on this exceptional record.

HEALER by Bobby Rozario sounds like an engaging exploration of sound and emotion. It seems to beautifully combine elements of jazz rock and world rhythms showcasing Rozario not only as a guitarist but also as a composer and arranger. Bobby's electric guitar sound and playing style are filled with both, upbeat, cutting-edge solos and smooth melodies backed with Hammond organ players and vocalists, adding a dynamic layer to the album, providing listeners with a rich auditory experience. HEALER is not just an album, but it is a thought for brighter days brought forth in the spirit of music rhythm and awareness to life.

Bobby Rozario is known to have an idiosyncratic style of interpreting melodic lines of Hindustani Classical Scales also known as North Indian Classical Music which are also called Ragas along with fast musical motifs at times blended into captivating lines of blues and jazz rock fusion guitar playing. He has established himself as a stylistically distinctive American Jazz / Rock / Fusion guitarist, also skilled in generating and performing an acoustic guitar style of playing which emulates the sound of instruments such as the Sarod and Sitar on a brass / steel body resonator guitar style showcased on his first album named Rudra which is a bow to the legendary guitarist John McLaughlin and the fusion group Shakti.

Being one of the sought after guitar players has performed and toured with master classical and semi classical global music icons from around the globe such as Zakir Hussain, Hariharan, Anup Jalota, Suresh Wadekar, to name a few, who are one of the most celebrated film score, non-film, and classical singers from India.

In 2022-2023, Bobby Rozario was part of a US tour with one of the greatest drummers of the century drum / tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, who is also known as one of the founding members of the legendary Jazz group Shakti with John McLaughlin and for his collaborations with Herbie Hancock ,Ravi Shanker, Dead and Company with Mickey Hart along with one of the foremost classical vocal maestro's Suresh Wadekar, with performances taking place at the Crest Theater, Sacramento CA, Eldorado Musical Theater in Placentia CA, and San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose CA to name a few.

A 2023 SPELLBOUND was Bobby's second album as a producer and soloist, released by a leading jazz record label - Origin Records, which featured a range of musicians including drum icons such as Dennis Chambers, and Latin drum master Robby Ameen, bass wizards such as Gary Grainger and James Genus, and Melvin Gibbs.

SPELLBOUND is the stunning piece of Jazz / Rock / Fusion music produced by Bobby Rozario which showcases guitar virtuosity and a distinctive playing style, and his expansive compositional mindset contributing to the rhythmic and melodic proficiency in the repertoire. The album features heavy Latin and Afro-Latin rhythms that keep the critical listener engaged, while also being entertaining for the common ear. On this album Bobby also brings in vocalist Ismael Kouyate, nephew to African singing legend, Mory Kante from Guinea Africa, along with Cuban / Puerto Rican vocalist Jose Pepito Gomez and American vocalist Chirs Alfinez who are featured on three separate tracks on this record. SPELLBOUND takes the listener on an experience of a captivating journey through a unique guitar playing style, fusing World, Latin Jazz, and Rock elements to create a sound that is truly exceptional.

Bobby Rozario's uncommon musicianship and virtuosity are evident throughout the album, as he brings together a lineup of over 15 world-class musicians to create new hybrids and blends their signature instrumentation which keeps the listener engaged from start to finish. SPELLBOUND is a beautiful reflection of signature artistry and Bobby's dream of bringing different worlds of music and rhythm together, makes the record a must-listen for anyone who connects to the HEART of music and rhythm.

In November of 2017, Bobby Rozario composed and produced his debut solo album RUDRA with a record release show at the Rubin Museum of Art Theater in New York followed by a number of performances. The album featured original compositions based on Hindustani Classical Ragas, Polyrhythms, performed by percussionists Swaminathan Selvaganesh, Ghatam Rajaram from South India alongside American saxophonist Premik Russel Tubbs.

Bobby Rozario has also been a part of other notable performances, including the Great India Festival in 2018 in Ottawa ON, Where Bobby Rozario and his band Rudra performed with band members Swaminathan Selvaganesh, Steve Sandberg, Premik Russel Tubbs, Patrick Carmichael followed by a performance by violin maestro L. Subramaniam. Recent Grammy winner V. Selvaganesh from the legendary fusion group Shakti has also performed with Bobby Rozario.

In the summer of 2018, Bobby was a part of a live broadcast performance with the sitar maestro Pandit Mohan Bhatt at TV Asia Studios in New Jersey. He also performed at the Coltrane Day Festival in New York and the TD Niagara Jazz Festival in St. Catharines ON with reimagined band Rudra in 2019 featuring Latin drum master Robby Ameen, bassist Melvin Gibbs, and alto saxophonist Premik Russel Tubbs.

Bobby Rozario has a background and education in Indian Classical music and coming from a family of musicians where his mother was an Indian Classical / Semi-Classical singer, and father - a drummer and great grandfather - a band master in a fleet of the Brazilian Army.