Dom Um Romão
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 varied notable 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.
Dom Um Romão | |
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Background information | |
Born | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3 August 1925
Died | 27 July 2005 79) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged
Genres | Jazz, bossa nova, jazz fusion |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion |
Years active | 1942–2005 |
Labels | Muse, Pablo, Vogue, Phillips, Waterlilly, JSR/Irma, JSR/Natasha, JSR/Irma, JSR/Cuadra |
He died in Rio de Janeiro shortly after suffering a stroke.[1]
Discography
As leader
- 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
With Cannonball Adderley
- Cannonball's Bossa Nova (Riverside, 1962)
With Harry Belafonte
- Turn the World Around (Columbia, 1977)
- Mirror Image (Columbia, 1974)
With Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo
- Braziliana (Philips, 1965)
With Ron Carter
- 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
- Look to the Rainbow (Verve, 1966)
- Beach Samba (Verve, 1967)
With Astrud Gilberto and Stanley Turrentine
- Gilberto with Turrentine (CTI, 1971)
- Alma-Ville (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, 1969)
With Antonio Carlos Jobim
- The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim (Warner Bros., 1965)
- A Certain Mr. Jobim (Warner Bros., 1967)
- Wave (A&M, 1967)
With Yusef Lateef
- The Doctor is In... and Out (Atlantic, 1976)
With Herbie Mann
- 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
- Casa Forte (Trio, 1980)
With Robert Palmer
- Heavy Nova (EMI, 1988)
With Annette Peacock
- I'm the One (RCA Victor, 1972)
With Dory Previn
- We're Children of Coincidence and Harpo Marx (Warner Bros., 1976)
With Wanda Sa
- Wanda Vagamente (RGE, 1964)
With Frank Sinatra
- The Sugar Man (CTI, rec., 1971, rel. 1975)
With Collin Walcott
- Grazing Dreams (ECM, 1977)
With Walter Wanderley
- Batucada (Verve, 1967)
- Kee-Ka-Roo (Verve, 1967)
With Weather Report
- I Sing the Body Electric (Columbia, 1972)
- Live in Tokyo (Columbia, 1972)
- Sweetnighter (Columbia, 1973)
- Mysterious Traveller (Columbia, 1974)
References
- "Brazilian Percussionist Dom Um Romão Dies at 79". Worldmusiccentral.org. 31 July 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- "Dom Um Romao". Allaboutjazz.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2136. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ECM LP 19003