Dom Um Romão
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Dom Um Romão was a Brazilian jazz
drummer
and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion
band Weather Report
, Romão recorded with varied artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon
, Antonio Carlos Jobim
, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
and Tony Bennett
. He died in Rio de Janeiro
shortly after suffering a stroke
.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
drummer
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
band Weather Report
Weather Report
Weather Report was an American jazz-rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s. The band was co-led by the Austrian-born keyboard player Joe Zawinul and the American saxophonist Wayne Shorter...
, Romão recorded with varied artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within...
, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
Sergio Mendes
Sérgio Santos Mendes is a Brazilian musician. He has released over thirty-five albums, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk....
and Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz....
. He died in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
shortly after suffering a stroke
Stroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
.
As leader
- 1965 Dom Um (Phillips)
- 1972 Dom Um Romão (MuseMuse RecordsMuse Records was an American record label which released jazz and blues music.Muse was founded in the early 1970s by Joe Fields, who had previously worked as an executive for Prestige Records in the 1960s...
) - 1973 Spirit of the Times (Muse)
- 1977 Hotmosphere (PabloPablo RecordsPablo Records was a record label founded by Norman Granz in 1972, some ten years after he had sold his jazz labels to MGM Records....
) - 1978 Om (JAPO RecordsJAPO RecordsJAPO Records was a West German record company that existed from 1970 until 1985, and produced 41 jazz fusion and improvised jazz records for international jazz artists - the majority of them European...
/ECM Records) - 1990 Samba de Rua (Vogue Records)
- 1993 Saudades (Waterlilly)
- 1999 Rhythm Traveller (JSR/Natasha)
- 2001 Lake of Perseverance (JSR/IrmaIrma Records-Artists:*Sarah Jane Morris*Modulo 5*The PIano Room*Danny Losito*Agnesse Manganaro*Jacare'*Musetta*The Shiffers*Maler*2 Men 4 Soul*Steve Rogers Band*Belladonna*Black Mighty Orchestra*DJ Rodriguez*Don Carlos*Gazzara*Jestofunk*Greenlab*Zone...
) - 2002 Nu Jazz meets Brazil (JSR/Cuadra)
As sideman
With Collin WalcottCollin Walcott
Collin Walcott was a North American musician. He was a student of Ravi Shankar and Vasant Rai. Collin expanded the role of the sitar in western music. Walcott studied music and ethnomusicology at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and at The University of California at Los Angeles...
- Grazing DreamsGrazing DreamsGrazing Dreams is the second album by American sitarist and composer Collin Walcott recorded in 1977 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
(ECM, 1977)