Julio Virella

Julio Virella is a guitarist/composer from New York City. He has been a professional guitarist for over 25 years. He began playing guitar on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. In the early seventies he moved to New York and began playing in many bands in the New City area. He studied jazz guitar with the great Skeeter Best a jazz guitarist/educator in New York City
Julio is at home on both the stage and in the recording studio, as he has done countless recording sessions and shows. Julio has appeared in many recordings from Smooth Jazz to Progressive Rock and from Hip-Hop to Fusion. He has worked with Sammy Peralta “On The One”, a smooth jazz CD produced by Lenny White. He also recorded with percussionists Bobby Sanabria and the great Gumbi Ortiz. In 2000 he released “Under the Virgin Oak”, a collection of new age and fusion music.
Julio has just completed his second solo CD of eclectic instrumental music titled UNBROKEN to be released July 2007. The music is a collection of many influences from Acid Jazz to Latin Jazz and from Rock to Fusion.

www.juliovirella.com