“If you are wondering what the Beatles music fused with Afro-Peruvian rhythms sounds like, this recording will come as a surprising revelation. A pleasure from beginning to end!” – Julio Garcia BBC Mundo Song-o-sau’rus Records is pleased to present guitarist Richie Zellon’s first US recording in nearly a decade, “The Beatles: An Afro-Peruvian Jazz Tribute”. Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of the group’s historical first recording for EMI, the CD features fellow Miami transplants and Grammy Award winners, violinist Federico Britos and saxophonist Ed Calle, as well as Cuban classical and jazz guitarist Enrique Gardano, and Peruvian percussionists Alfredo Valiente & Cesar Ballumbrosio. In addition to the 9 selections authored by Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, the CD includes “Serenata en Lando”, a piece written by Zellon in memory of his mentor, the late renowned Afro-peruvian guitarist and composer Felix Casaverde, who in 1981 accompanied him on his first recording (“Landologia”). Acclaimed by the press in Peru: “Although many are unaware, thirty years ago Lima born guitarist Richie Zellon invented Afro-Peruvian jazz ... Today we are reminded of this with his tribute to Liverpool’s Fab Four in the style of Peru’s creole waltz, marinera, festejo and landó . It is an unparalleled experience… Lennon and McCartney could well have played the jawbone and the cajón ... sounds like The Afro-Peruvian Beatles. This is not the work of a magician. It is the work of an artist, a visionary. Listen my friend! “ La Republica (Lima) “Zellon gives the Beatles’ repertoire the Afro-Peruvian treatment. The result is impressive for being respectful and daring at the same time ... The thought of introducing an Indian drone in ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ or transforming the experimental ‘Tomorrow Never Knows “into a marinera (Peru’s national dance) cannot go unnoticed. “ -Diario Oficial El Peruano (Lima) “Recommended…Technically Impeccable.” El Comercio (Lima) “When we speak of fusion in Peru, the name of Richie Zellon is prominent ... ‘Beatles Afro-Peruvian Jazz Tribute’, his latest album continues in the vein of fusion that he began in 1981.” La Primera (Lima)