Jonny Z

Jonny Z is a Chicano bass artist from San Diego, California. His real name is Jonny Zazueta. He made a Latin version of Rodney O and Joe Cooley's classic "Everlasting Bass" featuring South Park Mexican a.k.a. SPM, and his first hit was "Shake Shake", based on Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock". Besides bass music, he also recorded some funk-influenced hip hop as found on his earlier albums. Among those early tracks, the Chicano anthem "Orale". On "Bass Balla", Mexico seems to be pictured as more of an exotic hinterland: "with this beat from behind the border..." he raps on the "Mariachi Twist", and on the Latin-tinged hip hop track "Barrio Anthem", Jonny glorifies America and talks about "Latin players" like Rubn Blades and Prez Prado, but not about Chicano culture (in the strict sense).

Discography

  • Jonny Z (1996) Pump Records
  • Sancho Villa (1999) One Lit'l Vato Records
  • Z 1 N Only (1998) Pump Records
  • Bass Balla (2000) Thump Records
  • El Catrin (2000) Thump Records
  • Hits and More (2000)
  • Greatest Hitz (2000)
* Barrio Knights (2003)

 

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