Role Jazz Drummer Name Dom Romao | Years active 1942–2005 Instruments Drums, percussion | |
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Born 3 August 1925Rio de Janeiro Brazil ( 1925-08-03 ) Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter, record producer Associated acts Albums Dom Um, Hotmosphere, I Sing the Body Electric, Sweetnighter, Weather Report | ||
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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 recorded with varied artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Ben, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 and Tony Bennett. He died in Rio de Janeiro shortly after suffering a stroke. He was the percussionist Tom Jobim brought to the studio for the legendary album Jobim recorded with Frank Sinatra in 1967 for Reprise "Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim"
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Dom um romao da serra pro mar
As leader
As sideman
With João Meirelles
With Ron Carter
With Astrud Gilberto
With Yusef Lateef
With Herbie Mann
With Collin Walcott
With Weather Report
With Robert Palmer
With Peter Giger and Family of Percussion
With Blood, Sweat and Tears
With Joe Delaney
Songs
Teen Town
Birdland
Fool on the Hill