Ronaldo Antunacci Charles Affif (December 30, 1965), known professionally as Ron Affif, is an American jazz guitarist of Lebanese and Italian origin. He is the son of boxer Charley Zivic, who was a jazz fan and encouraged his son.[1]
Ron Affif
Birth name
Ronaldo Antunacci Charles Affif
Born
(1965-12-30) December 30, 1965 (age 58) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Born Ronaldo Antunacci Charles Affif in Pittsburgh, he is mostly self-taught.[2] At the age of twelve, he took lessons from his uncle, guitarist Ron Anthony.[3][4]
^King, Peter B. (17 June 1999). . old.post-gazette.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
^ abKennedy, Gary (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 17. ISBN1-56159-284-6.
^ abYanow, Scott (1998). Erlewine, Michael; Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Yanow, Scott (eds.). All Music Guide to Jazz (3 ed.). San Francisco: Miller Freeman. p. 11. ISBN0-87930-530-4.
^ abYanow, Scott (2013). The great jazz guitarists: the ultimate guide. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 5. ISBN978-1-61713-023-6.
^Yanow, Scott. "Ron Affif". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
^Koda, Cub. "Ringside - Ron Affif". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
External linksedit
Affif at Concord Music Group
January 01, 1970
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