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Don Barrozo: Bio

I was raised in a musical household. My dad played a wide variety of instruments; trumpet, saxophone, mandolin, ukulele, you name it. He would sit watching television, noodling on one instrument or another. That was the soundtrack of my childhood. My parents bought me a trumpet when I was nine years old. I was fortunate to have had teachers who were really passionate. Their enthusiasm rubbed off on me. I grew up in the culturally remote state of Montana, which can be challenging for a young musician. In my hometown there wasn't much of a live music scene so I immersed myself in recordings. I was always going to record stores with my friends, that's where we hung out. I was into everything, lots of rock and jazz. It was the 70's and I loved the music of Frank Zappa, Steely Dan, Tower of Power, the list goes on. The first time I heard trumpeter Clifford Brown I nearly fell out of my chair. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My musical taste definitely skewed toward jazz for awhile but I never let go of my love for other types of music. In 1987, after earning my music degree from the University of Northern Colorado, I moved to Los Angeles, having been offered a job at a post production company. I bought my first home recording equipment in the mid 80's and began recording experimental music. I burned through a ton of ADAT tapes and got to be pretty good at it. For a time, I found a niche doing music for performance artists in Los Angeles. Since then I've performed with the tribal/dance outfit Shaman's Dream and songstresses Jillian Speer and Jacqueline Fuentes. I recorded with indie artist Jill Sobule and worked with first rate producers Susan Rogers and Gardner Cole. 

Discography

Don Barrozo, "Blue Talk", 2005

Joselyn, "Chance For Rain", 2009

Boujou Badialy Cissoko, "The Story Teller",  2010

Shaman's Dream, "Dance: Dream: Dance", 2007

Joselyn & Wild Roots, "ShapeShifting", 2004

Jacqueline Fuentes, "Amo La Vida", 2004

Filmography

"The Simpsons", editor 1989-present

"King of the Hill", editor 1997-1999

"The Critic", editor 1994

"The Twisted Adventures of Felix the Cat", editor 1995-1997

"Mission Hill", editor 1999

"Futurama", track reader 1999-2000

"Beavis and Butt-head Do America" (movie), track reader 1996

"Beavis and Butt-head", track reader 1995-1996