Dom Um Romão (3 August 1925 – 27 July 2005)
was a
Brazilian jazz
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drummer and percussionist.
Noted for his expressive stylings with the
fusion band
Weather Report
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,
Romão also recorded with artists such as
Cannonball Adderley
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul ...
,
Paul Simon
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,
Antonio Carlos Jobim
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,
Jorge Ben,
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, and
Tony Bennett
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. He was the percussionist
Tom Jobim brought to the studio for the album Jobim recorded with
Frank Sinatra
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in 1967 for
Reprise Records
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Artists currently signed to Reprise Records include Green Day, En ...
, ''
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim''.
He died in Rio de Janeiro shortly after suffering a stroke.
Discography
As leader
* 1965 ''Dom Um'' (
Phillips)
* 1972 ''Dom Um Romão'' (
Muse
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)
* 1973 ''Spirit of the Times'' (Muse)
* 1974 ''Braun-Blek-Blu'' (Happy Bird)
* 1977 ''Hotmosphere'' (
Pablo)
* 1978 ''Om'' (
ECM Records
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)
[ECM LP 19003]
* 1990 ''Samba de Rua'' (
Vogue Records)
* 1993 ''Saudades'' (Waterlilly)
* 1999 ''Rhythm Traveller'' (Natasha)
* 2001 ''Lake of Perseverance'' (
Irma)
* 2002 ''Nu Jazz meets Brazil'' (Cuadra)
As sideman
With
Cannonball Adderley
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul ...
* ''
Cannonball's Bossa Nova'' (
Riverside, 1962)
With
Harry Belafonte
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* ''
Turn the World Around'' (
Columbia, 1977)
With
Jorge Ben
* ''
Samba Esquema Novo'' (
Philips
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, 1963)
With
Blood, Sweat & Tears
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*''
Mirror Image
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'' (Columbia, 1974)
With
Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo
* ''
Braziliana'' (Philips, 1965)
With
Ron Carter
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* ''
Yellow & Green'' (
CTI, 1976)
With
João Donato
* ''A Bad Donato'' (
Blue Thumb, 1970)
With
Peter Giger and Family of Percussion
* ''Mozambique Meets Europe'' (B&W music, 1992)
With
Astrud Gilberto
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* ''
Look to the Rainbow'' (
Verve, 1966)
* ''
Beach Samba'' (Verve, 1967)
With Astrud Gilberto and
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophone, tenor saxophonist and record producer. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note Reco ...
* ''
Gilberto with Turrentine'' (CTI, 1971)
With
Vince Guaraldi
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* ''
Alma-Ville'' (
Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, 1969)
With
Antonio Carlos Jobim
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* ''
The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim'' (
Warner Bros.
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, 1965)
* ''
A Certain Mr. Jobim'' (Warner Bros., 1967)
* ''
Wave
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'' (
A&M, 1967)
With
Yusef Lateef
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Although Lateef's main i ...
* ''
The Doctor is In... and Out'' (
Atlantic
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, 1976)
With
Herbie Mann
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* ''
Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann'' (Atlantic, 1962)
* ''
Latin Fever'' (Atlantic, 1964)
* ''
Brazil: Once Again'' (Atlantic, 1977)
With
Sergio Mendes
* ''
Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things'' (Atlantic, 1968)
* ''
Fool on the Hill'' (A&M, 1968)
* ''
Ye-Me-Lê'' (A&M, 1969)
* ''
Crystal Illusions'' (A&M, 1969)
With
Helen Merrill
Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic; July 21, 1929) is an American jazz vocalist. Her first album, the eponymous 1954 recording ''Helen Merrill (album), Helen Merrill'' (with Clifford Brown on EmArcy), was an immediate success and associat ...
* ''Casa Forte'' (Trio, 1980)
With
Robert Palmer
* ''
Heavy Nova'' (
EMI
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, 1988)
With
Annette Peacock
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Biography
Annette Peacock ...
* ''
I'm the One'' (
RCA Victor
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, 1972)
With
Esther Phillips
*''Esther Phillips Sings'' (Atlantic, 1966)
With
Dory Previn
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During the late 1950s and 1960s, Previn was a lyricist on songs intended for motion pictures and, with h ...
*''
We're Children of Coincidence and Harpo Marx'' (Warner Bros., 1976)
With
Wanda Sá
* ''Wanda Vagamente'' (
RGE, 1964)
With
Frank Sinatra
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* ''
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim'' (
Reprise
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, 1967)
With
Stanley Turrentine
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* ''
The Sugar Man'' (CTI, rec., 1971, rel. 1975)
With
Collin Walcott
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Early life
Walcott was born in New York City, United States. He studied violin and tympani in his youth, and was a percussion stud ...
* ''
Grazing Dreams
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'' (ECM, 1977)
With
Walter Wanderley
* ''
Batucada
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Originally fro ...
'' (Verve, 1967)
* ''Kee-Ka-Roo'' (Verve, 1967)
With
Weather Report
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* ''
I Sing the Body Electric
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Its original publication, like the other poems in ...
'' (Columbia, 1972)
* ''
Live in Tokyo'' (Columbia, 1972)
* ''
Sweetnighter'' (Columbia, 1973)
* ''
Mysterious Traveller'' (Columbia, 1974)
References
External links
Discography
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1925 births
2005 deaths
Brazilian composers
Brazilian jazz musicians
Brazilian percussionists
Brazilian record producers
Brazilian rock musicians
Muse Records artists
Música Popular Brasileira musicians
Weather Report members
Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city)
20th-century Brazilian musicians
21st-century Brazilian musicians
20th-century Brazilian composers
21st-century Brazilian composers
20th-century drummers
21st-century Brazilian drummers
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 members