Guilherme Franco was born November 25 1946 in São Paulo, Brazil. He is a percussionist in the jazz

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...

 and World fusion music genres.

Guilherme Franco has recorded on the albums of many jazz performers such as McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner

McCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...

, Lonnie Liston Smith

Lonnie Liston Smith

Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician who played with important free jazz artists such as Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis before forming Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes, recording a number of albums widely regarded as classics in the fusion / Quiet Storm /...

 and Woody Shaw

Woody Shaw

Woody Shaw was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and band leader, often referred to as the "last innovator" in the jazz trumpet lineage...

. He was a member of Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...

's "American Band" and Paul Winter

Paul Winter

Paul Winter is an American saxophonist , and is a six-time Grammy Award nominee.- Biography :Paul Winter attended Altoona Area High School and graduated in 1957...

's Paul Winter Consort.

In 1981 Franco started a samba

Samba

Samba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...

 school in NYC

New York City

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 and a power samba group called "Pe De Boi" (a Brazilian slang term for a good musician, literally meaning "foot of the bull"). As a result he began playing many gigs in the NYC underground scene of the 1980s with the likes of David Byrne

David Byrne

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 and David Johansen

David Johansen

David Roger Johansen is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.-Early life:Johansen was born in...

 among many others. Franco has also been hired by longtime friend, drummer and movie executive Richard Baratta to work in the motion picture industry in New York.

Guilherme Franco currently resides in São Paulo, Brasil. He is said to practice music 14 hours a day.

Discography

In 1998 he recorded the solo album Capoeira: Legendary Music of Brazil, as leader, on the Lyrichord record label and on which he plays most of the instruments.

He has also appeared on at least one album a year in most years since 1972, as shown in the table below.

Year	Album	Artist	Instrument
1972	The Cry of My People The Cry of My People The Cry of My People is an album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp released in 1972 on the Impulse! label. The album features performances by Shepp with gospel singers, big bands, quintets, sextets, and chamber orchestras...	Archie Shepp Archie Shepp Archie Shepp is a prominent African-American jazz saxophonist. Shepp is best known for his passionately Afrocentric music of the late 1960s, which focused on highlighting the injustices faced by the African-Americans, as well as for his work with the New York Contemporary Five, Horace Parlan, and...	Percussion, Berimbau Berimbau The berimbau is a single-string percussion instrument, a musical bow, from Brazil. The berimbau's origins are not entirely clear, but there is not much doubt about its African origin, as no Indigenous Brazilian or European people use musical bows, and very similar instruments are played in the...
1973	Golden Dreams	Lonnie Liston Smith Lonnie Liston Smith Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician who played with important free jazz artists such as Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis before forming Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes, recording a number of albums widely regarded as classics in the fusion / Quiet Storm /...	Percussion
1973	Impulse Years 1973-1974	Keith Jarrett Keith Jarrett Keith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...	Percussion
1974	Atlantis Atlantis (McCoy Tyner album) Atlantis is a live album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Milestone label. It was recorded at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco on August 31 & September 1, 1974 and features Tyner in performance with Azar Lawrence, Joony Booth, Wilby Fletcher and Guilherme Franco.- Reception :Scott...	McCoy Tyner McCoy Tyner McCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...	Percussion
1974	Backhand Backhand (album) Back Hand is the fourth album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1974 it features performances by Jarrett's 'American Quartet' which included Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian with Guilherme Franco added on percussion.Aside from its appearance in...	Keith Jarrett	Percussion
1974	Black Love	Carlos Garnett Carlos Garnett Carlos Garnett is a Panamanian-American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and jazz group leader.Garnett was born on December 1, 1938, in Red Tank, Panama Canal Zone. He became interested in jazz music after hearing Louis Jordan's and James Moody's music in film shorts...	Percussion
1974	Bridge into the New Age	Azar Lawrence Azar Lawrence Azar Lawrence is an American jazz saxophonist, known for his contributions as sideman to McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, and Woody Shaw. Lawrence was the tenor saxophonist Tyner used following John Coltrane's death....	Percussion
1974	Moontrane	Woody Shaw	Percussion
1974	Sama Layuca Sama Layuca Sama Layuca is a 1974 album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, his sixth to be released on the Milestone label. It was recorded in March 1974 and features performances by Tyner with John Stubblefield, Gary Bartz, Azar Lawrence, Bobby Hutcherson, Buster Williams, Billy Hart, Guilherme Franco and Mtume...	McCoy Tyner	Percussion
1974	Treasure Island Treasure Island (album) Treasure Island is the second album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1974, it features performances by Jarrett, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian, and Danny Johnson....	Keith Jarrett	Percussion
1975	Death and the Flower Death and the Flower Death and the Flower is the third album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1974 it features performances by Jarrett's 'American Quartet' which included Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian with Guilherme Franco added on percussion.-Reception:The...	Keith Jarrett	Percussion
1975	Mysteries Mysteries (album) Mysteries is the fourth album on the Impulse label by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Originally released in 1975 it features performances by Jarrett's 'American Quartet' which included Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian with Guilherme Franco added on percussion.In October 2011, Shades was...	Keith Jarrett	Percussion
1975	Pinnacle	Buster Williams Buster Williams Charles Anthony Williams is an American jazz bassist.-Biography:Williams has gained prestige among jazz musicians as a solid supportive player. Since the early 1960s, he has made subtle swing, a precise rhythm and superb technique the landmark of his playing...	Percussion
1975	Shades	Keith Jarrett	Percussion
1975	Speak to Loneliness	Terumasa Hino Terumasa Hino is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. Currently based in New York, Hino is widely acknowledged as one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet and flügelhorn.-Biography:...	Percussion
1975	Summer Solstice	Azar Lawrence	Drums
1976	Fly with the Wind Fly with the Wind Fly with the Wind is a 1976 album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, his ninth to be released on the Milestone label. It was recorded in January 1976 and features performances by Tyner with band and string section...	McCoy Tyner	Tambourine
1976	Focal Point Focal Point (album) Focal Point is a 1976 album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, his tenth to be released on the Milestone label. It was recorded in August 1976 and features performances by Tyner with Charles Fambrough and Eric Gravatt...	McCoy Tyner	Percussion, conga Conga The conga, or more properly the tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum with African antecedents. It is thought to be derived from the Makuta drums or similar drums associated with Afro-Cubans of Central African descent. A person who plays conga is called a conguero... , Tabla Tabla The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
1976	Reflections of a Golden Dream	Lonnie Liston Smith	Percussion
1977	Renaissance	Lonnie Liston Smith	Percussion
1978	The Greeting The Greeting The Greeting is a 1978 live album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, his thirteenth release on the Milestone label. It was recorded in March 1978 at the Great American Music Hall and features performances by Tyner with a sextet featuring George Adams, Joe Ford, Charles Fambrough, Woody "Sonship" Theus...	McCoy Tyner	Percussion, Conga, Berimbau
1978	Lenox Avenue Breakdown Lenox Avenue Breakdown Lenox Avenue Breakdown is an album by jazz alto saxophonist Arthur Blythe. Columbia Records released the album in 1979, and Koch Jazz re-issued the title in 1998...	Arthur Blythe Arthur Blythe Arthur Blythe is an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer. His stylistic voice has a distinct vibrato and he plays within the post-bop subgenre of jazz.- Biography :...	Percussion
1978	Live at Carnegie Hall & Montreaux, Switzerland	Teresa Brewer Teresa Brewer Teresa Brewer was an American pop singer whose style incorporated elements of country, jazz, R&B, musicals and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of the 1950s, recording nearly 600 songs. Born Theresa Breuer in Toledo, Ohio, Brewer died of a neuromuscular...	Percussion, Latin American Rhythm
1978	Thundering	David Schnitter David Schnitter David Schnitter is an American hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist.Schnitter played clarinet as a youth and switched to tenor sax at age 15. After moving to New York City he played with Ted Dunbar and then became a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers from 1974 to 1979...	Percussion, Conga, Vocals
1979	Wintersong	Paul Winter Consort Paul Winter Consort The Paul Winter Consort is an American musical group, led by soprano saxophonist Paul Winter. Founded in 1967, the group mixes elements of jazz, classical music, world music, and the sounds of animals and nature. They are often classified as new age music or "ecological jazz", and their unique...	Flute Flute The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... , Drums, Snare drum Snare drum The snare drum or side drum is a melodic percussion instrument with strands of snares made of curled metal wire, metal cable, plastic cable, or gut cords stretched across the drumhead, typically the bottom. Pipe and tabor and some military snare drums often have a second set of snares on the bottom...
1979	Best of Lonnie Liston Smith	Lonnie Liston Smith	Percussion
1980	Swish	Michael Brecker Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz... /Harris Simon Group	Percussion
1981	Para Los Amigos!!	Gato Barbieri Gato Barbieri Leandro Barbieri , better known as Gato Barbieri , is an Argentinean jazz tenor saxophonist and composer who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and from his latin jazz recordings in the 1970s.-Biography:Born to a family of musicians, Barbieri began playing music...	Percussion
1982	Missa Gaia/Earth Mass	Paul Winter Paul Winter Paul Winter is an American saxophonist , and is a six-time Grammy Award nominee.- Biography :Paul Winter attended Altoona Area High School and graduated in 1957...	Percussion
1985	Concert for the Earth	Paul Winter Consort with Susan Osborn Susan Osborn Susan Osborn is a vocalist who came to prominence as the lead singer for the Paul Winter Consort 1978 to 1985. She can be heard on such albums as "Common Ground", "Missa Gaia." and "Concert For the Earth." Since leaving the Paul Winter Consort, Osborn has relocated to Orcas Island in the state of...	Percussion
1986	Living Music Collection '86	Various Artists	Percussion
1987	Balance	C'est What?!	Berimbau, Cuica Cuíca Cuíca , or "kweeca", is a Brazilian friction drum often used in samba music. The tone it produces has a high-pitched squeaky timbre. It has been called a 'laughing gourd' due to this sound....
1987	Oscar!	Oscar Castro-Neves Oscar Castro-Neves Oscar Castro-Neves is a Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer who is considered a founding figure in Bossa nova. He was born as one of triplets and formed a band with his brothers in his youth. At 16 he had a national hit with Chora Tua Tristeza. Many of the early Bossa Nova musicians began...	Percussion
1988	Feeling of Jazz: Best of Impulse, Vol. 2	Various Artists	Percussion
1988	Wolf Eyes	Paul Winter Consort	Percussion
1990	Earth: Voices of a Planet	Paul Winter Consort	Drums, Surdo Surdo For the football player of the same name see Surdu.The surdo is a large bass drum used in many kinds of Brazilian music, most notably in Axé/Samba-reggae and samba and its variants, where it plays the lower parts from a percussion section.... , Agogo Agogo Agogo may refer to*Agogo, Ghana*Agogô, a musical instrument*Agogo , by KMFDM-See also:*À gogo , multiple term deriving from a French expression meaning "in abundance, galore"*Junior Agogo...
1990	So & So: Mukai Meets Gilberto	Astrud Gilberto Astrud Gilberto Astrud Gilberto is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She is well known for the Grammy Award-winning song "The Girl from Ipanema".-Biography:...  with S. Mukai	Percussion, Berimbau, Shaker
1991	Children of Ibeji	Ivo Perelman Ivo Perelman Ivo Perelman is a Brazilian free jazz saxophonist born in Sao Paulo.Perelman learned to play guitar, cello, clarinet, trombone, and piano while young, and concentrated on tenor sax from age 19. He attended the Berklee College of Music for one semester and then dropped out, moving to Los Angeles in...	Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Electric Berimbau
1991	Kele Mou Bana Kele Mou Bana Kele Mou Bana is an album by American jazz pianist Don Pullen and the African-Brazilian Connection recorded in 1990 for the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...	Don Pullen Don Pullen Don Pullen was an American jazz pianist and organist. Pullen developed a strikingly individual style throughout his career. He composed masterworks ranging from blues to bebop and modern jazz...	Percussion, Timbales Timbales Timbales are shallow single-headed drums with metal casing, invented in Cuba. They are shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned... , Berimbau, Timba Timba Timba is a Cuban genre of music sometimes referred as salsa cubana . However, the historical development of timba has been quite independent of the development of salsa in the United States and Puerto Rico and the music has its own trademark aspects due to the Cuban embargo and strong Afro-Cuban...
1991	Live from El Salvador	Various Artists	Drums
1991	Watercolors	Lonnie Liston Smith	Percussion
1992	Anthems	Paul Winter	Percussion
1992	Lunasea	Lee Konitz Lee Konitz Lee Konitz is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist born in Chicago, Illinois.Generally considered one of the driving forces of Cool Jazz, Konitz has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings...  with Peggy Stern Peggy Stern Margaret "Peggy" Stern is an American jazz pianist and synthesizer player.Stern studied piano at the Eastman School of Music, achieving her bachelor's in 1968, then attended the New England Conservatory of Music...	Percussion
1992	Passing Thoughts	Tana/Reid	Percussion, Conga
1992	Sun Sun	Casiopea Casiopea , named as a misspelling of the constellation Cassiopeia, was a Japanese jazz fusion band that was formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike. In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya and drummer Takashi Sasaki joined the group, leaving Hidehiko out of...	Percussion
1992	Children Of Ibeji	Ivo Perelman Ivo Perelman Ivo Perelman is a Brazilian free jazz saxophonist born in Sao Paulo.Perelman learned to play guitar, cello, clarinet, trombone, and piano while young, and concentrated on tenor sax from age 19. He attended the Berklee College of Music for one semester and then dropped out, moving to Los Angeles in...	Percussion, drums, electric berimbau
1993	Be Bop or Be Dead	Umar Bin Hassan Umar Bin Hassan Umar Bin Hassan is an African-American poet associated with The Last Poets. He sold his younger sister's record player to purchase a bus ticket to New York City, where he joined the Last Poets...	Percussion, Conga, Berimbau
1993	Caminhos Cruzados	Larry Goldings Larry Goldings -Life and career:Goldings was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a classical music enthusiast, and Larry studied classical piano until the age of twelve. While in high school at Concord Academy, he attended a program at the Eastman School of Music. During this period Erroll Garner,...	Tabla, Pandeiro Pandeiro The pandeiro is a type of hand frame drum.There are two important distinctions between a pandeiro and the common tambourine. The tension of the head on the pandeiro can be tuned, allowing the player a choice of high and low notes... , Agogo Agogo Agogo may refer to*Agogo, Ghana*Agogô, a musical instrument*Agogo , by KMFDM-See also:*À gogo , multiple term deriving from a French expression meaning "in abundance, galore"*Junior Agogo... , Cuica, Ganza Ganza The ganzá is a Brazilian rattle used as a percussion instrument, especially in samba music.The ganzá is cylindrically shaped, and can be either a hand-woven basket or a metal canister which is filled with beads, metal balls, pebbles, or other similar items. Those made from metal produce a... , Tamborim Tamborim A tamborim is a small, round Brazilian frame drum of Portuguese and African origin.The frame is 6" in width and may be made of metal, plastic, or wood. The head is typically made of nylon and is normally very tightly tuned in order to ensure a high, sharp timbre and a minimum of sustain...
1993	Ekstasis	Nicky Skopelitis Nicky Skopelitis Nicky Skopelitis is an American guitarist and composer from Greek heritage. He is best known as a guitarist, but also performs on banjo, oud, lute, keyboards and other instruments....	Percussion, Conga, Sound Effects, Tambourine, Whistling Whistling Human whistling is the production of sound by means of carefully controlling a stream of air flowing through a small hole. Whistling can be achieved by creating a small opening with one's lips and then blowing or sucking air through the hole... , Whistle Whistle A whistle or call is a simple aerophone, an instrument which produces sound from a stream of forced air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means... , Berimbau, Cuica, cowbell
1993	Ode to Life Ode to Life Ode to Life is an album by American jazz pianist Don Pullen and the African-Brazilian Connection recorded in 1993 for the Blue Note label.-Reception:...	Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Conne	Percussion, Berimbau, Timba
1993	Still Waters	C'est What?!	Drums, Berimbau, Cuica
1994	Man of the Forest	Ivo Perelman	Conga, Timbales, Bells, Pandeiro, Pandora, Cuica, Zabumba Zabumba A zabumba is a type of bass drum used in Brazilian music. The player wears the drum while standing up and uses both hands while playing.The zabumba generally ranges in diameter from 16 to 22 inches, and is 5 to 8 inches tall. The shell is made of wood and may utilize either skin or plastic drum... , Timba
1994	Dance of the Forest	Rain Straight Ahead	Percussion, Conga
1995	Palmetto Sampler	Various Artists	Berimbau
1996	Big Stuff	Larry Goldings	Percussion
1996	Latin Jazz Experience	Various Artists	Percussion
1996	Thank You, John! Our Tribute to John Coltrane John Coltrane John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...	Arkadia Jazz All-Stars	Drums
1996	Traveling On	Ted Curson Ted Curson Theodore "Ted" Curson is a jazz trumpeter. He is perhaps best-known for recording and performing with Charles Mingus....	Percussion
1997	Dark Journey	Woody Shaw	Percussion
1997	Last of the Line	Woody Shaw	Percussion
1997	Roots of Acid Jazz [GRP]	Various Artists	Percussion, Conga
1998	Best of Don Pullen	Don Pullen	Cymbals
1998	Capoeira: Legendary Music of Brazil	Guilherme Franco	Conga, Triangle Triangle (instrument) The triangle is an idiophone type of musical instrument in the percussion family. It is a bar of metal, usually steel but sometimes other metals like beryllium copper, bent into a triangle shape. The instrument is usually held by a loop of some form of thread or wire at the top curve... , Vocals, Berimbau, Pandeiro, Surdo, Performer, Agogo, Cuica, Ganza, Quinto Quinto Quinto may refer to:*Quinto , a barrio in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico*Quinto, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Ticino*Quinto, Spain, a municipality in the province of Zaragoza*Quinto, Italy:... , Soprano Berimbau, Tenor Berimbau
1998	Greatest Hits	Paul Winter	Percussion
1998	Power Samba Band	Pe de Boi	Percussion, Arranger, Vocals, Producer
1998	Priceless Jazz	Keith Jarrett	Percussion
1999	Afro Blue [Blue Note]	Various Artists	Percussion
1999	Another Blue	T.K. Blue	Percussion
1999	Apparition	John McKenna	Percussion
1999	Brazilian Watercolor	Ivo Perelman	Percussion, Wood Flute
1999	Down Here Below	Jeffery Smith	Percussion, Drums
1999	Future Jazz	Howard Mandel	Percussion, Timba
1999	Three Flutes Up	Chip Shelton	Percussion
2000	Givin' Away the Store, Vol. 2	Woody Shaw	Percussion
2000	Ichi-Ban	Louis Hayes	Percussion
2000	Incontournables	McCoy Tyner	Percussion
2000	New Mo Swing: The Ancient and Modern Moabites, Vol. 1	Napoleon Revels-Bey	Percussion
2001	Easy Living: Jazz Bossa	Various Artists	Percussion
2001	Essential Thiago De Mello	Thiago De Mello	Percussion
2001	It's About Love	Various Artists	Percussion
2003	Flying Funk	Various Artists	Percussion
2003	Plant the Seed	Plant the Seed	Percussion
2004	It Doesn't Matter	Lou Watson	Percussion
2005	African Spirits: A Spiritual Jazz Journey Looking Bac	Various Artists	Percussion
2005	Hit the Rhodes, Jack	Various Artists	Percussion
2006	Fort Yawuh/Death and the Flower	Keith Jarrett	Percussion
2006	House That Trane Built: Story of Impulse Records	Various Artists	Percussion
2006	Impulse Story	Keith Jarrett	Percussion
2006	Milestone Profiles	McCoy Tyner	Percussion
2006	O Nosso Amor	Mark Weinstein	Percussion
	Best of Keith Jarrett	Keith Jarrett	Percussion
	Mysterious Flying Orchestra	Mysterious Flying Orchestra	Percussion