Dom Um Romão

Dom Um Romão
Dom Um Romão hosting an outdoor concert in Central Park, around 1980
Dom Um Romão hosting an outdoor concert in Central Park, around 1980
Background information
Born(1925-08-03)3 August 1925
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died27 July 2005(2005-07-27) (aged 79)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
GenresJazz, bossa nova, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instrument(s)Drums, percussion
Years active1942–2005
LabelsMuse, Pablo, Vogue, Phillips, Waterlilly, JSR/Irma, JSR/Natasha, JSR/Irma, JSR/Cuadra

Dom Um Romão (3 August 1925 – 27 July 2005)[1] was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist.[2] Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report,[3] Romão also recorded with artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Ben, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, and Tony Bennett. He was the percussionist Tom Jobim brought to the studio for the album Jobim recorded with Frank Sinatra in 1967 for Reprise Records, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim.

He died in Rio de Janeiro shortly after suffering a stroke.[1]

Discography

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As leader

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  • 1965 Dom Um (Phillips)
  • 1972 Dom Um Romão (Muse)
  • 1973 Spirit of the Times (Muse)
  • 1974 Braun-Blek-Blu (Happy Bird)
  • 1977 Hotmosphere (Pablo)
  • 1978 Om (ECM Records)[4]
  • 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

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With Cannonball Adderley

With Harry Belafonte

With Jorge Ben

With Blood, Sweat & Tears

With Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo

With Ron Carter

With João Donato

With Peter Giger and Family of Percussion

  • Mozambique Meets Europe (B&W music, 1992)

With Astrud Gilberto

With Astrud Gilberto and Stanley Turrentine

With Vince Guaraldi

With Antonio Carlos Jobim

With Yusef Lateef

With Herbie Mann

With Sergio Mendes

With Helen Merrill

  • Casa Forte (Trio, 1980)

With Robert Palmer

With Annette Peacock

With Esther Phillips

  • Esther Phillips Sings (Atlantic, 1966)

With Dory Previn

With Wanda Sá

  • Wanda Vagamente (RGE, 1964)

With Frank Sinatra

With Stanley Turrentine

With Collin Walcott

With Walter Wanderley

  • Batucada (Verve, 1967)
  • Kee-Ka-Roo (Verve, 1967)

With Weather Report

References

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  1. ^ a b "Brazilian Percussionist Dom Um Romão Dies at 79". Worldmusiccentral.org. 31 July 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Dom Um Romao". Allaboutjazz.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  3. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2136. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  4. ^ ECM LP 19003
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