Dom Um Romão

Dom Um Romão
Born	August 3, 1925(1925-08-03) Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Died	July 27, 2005(2005-07-27) (aged 79) Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Genres	Jazz, Jazz fusion
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instruments	Drums, percussion
Years active	1940s -
Labels	Muse, Pablo, Vogue, Phillips, Waterlilly, JSR/Irma, JSR/Natasha, JSR/Irma, JSR/Cuadra
Associated acts	Weather Report, Cannonball Adderley, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Paul Simon, Sérgio Mendes, Tony Bennett

Dom Um Romão (3 August 1925 - 27 July 2005) was a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist.^[1] 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.

Discography

As leader

• 1965 Dom Um (Phillips)
• 1972 Dom Um Romão (Muse)
• 1973 Spirit of the Times (Muse)
• 1977 Hotmosphere (Pablo)
• 1978 Om (JAPO Records/ECM Records)^[2]
• 1990 Samba de Rua (Vogue Records)
• 1993 Saudades (Waterlilly)
• 1999 Rhythm Traveller (JSR/Natasha)
• 2001 Lake of Perseverance (JSR/Irma)
• 2002 Nu Jazz meets Brazil (JSR/Cuadra)

As sideman

With Collin Walcott

• Grazing Dreams (ECM, 1977)

References

1. ^ "Dom Um Romao". All About Jazz Brography. All About Jazz.com. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=3901. Retrieved 11 July 2011. 
2. ^ ECM LP 19003

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Persondata
Name	Romao, Dom Um
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Date of birth	3 August 1925
Place of birth
Date of death	27 July 2005
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