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CULTURE MIX - He's not alone in his love for Latin jazz - KJZZ host José Rizo finds fans five days a week on the air -- and with a Side group.

September 8, 2007 | By Agustin Gurza, Times Staff Writer

Like most employees caught in a change of management, longtime DJ Jos? Rizo worried about his future when a new boss took over earlier this year at L.A.'s only full-time jazz station, KJZZ-FM (88.1). What would it mean for his 17-year run as host of "Jazz on the Latin Side," a weekly show spotlighting the best in Latin jazz from across the world? Rizo, 50, worried that his program might lose its prime Friday night slot. Then he took a call from the station's new general manager, Saul Levine.