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Dom Um Romão
Dom Um Romão (3 August 1925 – 27 July 2005) was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, Romão also recorded with artists
Dom Um Romão (3 August 1925 – 27 July 2005) was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. Noted for his expressive stylings with the fusion band Weather Report, 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. * 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) With Jorge Ben * Samba Esquema Novo (Philips, 1963) With Blood, Sweat & Tears *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
- Era
- Post-War
- Lived
- 1925–2005
- From
- Brazil
- Born in
- Rio de Janeiro · died Rio de Janeiro
- Known as
- composer, percussionist, record producer, jazz drummer, musician
- Genres
- jazz, jazz fusion, bossa nova