The Zion Harmonizers is an American gospel music group founded in 1938 and based in New Orleans, Louisiana.[The Zion Harmonizers Benjamin J. Maxon Jr. a teenager living in the Zion City neighborhood of New Orleans in 1938, organized a group of his friends he called the Zion Harmonizers to sing quartet-style gospel music. Original members included brother Joe Maxon, Russell Parker, Edward Jones, an…