Dom Um Romao

Born: August 3, 1925

Dom Um Romao - percussion (1925 - 2005)

A legendary name in bossa nova, and one of the premier drummers who introduced Brazilian percussion and rhythms into jazz, Dom Um Romão began his career playing drums at balls and cabarets in Rio De Janeiro at the end of the 1940s. He also worked at Rádio Tupi supporting singers and formed, in the late 1950s, the group Copa Trio, playing at Beco das Garrafas in Copacabana.

In 1958 Romão and another great drummer, Juquinha, participated in the recording of the record "Canção do Amor Demais" by Elizeth Cardoso, with musics by Tom Jobim and guitar by João Gilberto - the album is considered a landmark in bossa nova. In the 1960s Dom Um Romao joined Sergio Mendes' jazz ensemble. His first album, Dom Um, came out in 1964. The next year he moved to the United States and continued to work with Sergio Mendes. He became more globally known in 1971, when he replaced Airto Moreira in the legendary fusion band Weather Report.

Tremend?o [Europe]

By Eumir Deodato

Label: Ubatuqui
Released: 1998

Fusion Jazz Funk Vol. 3

By Dom Um Romao

Label: Irma Molto Jazz
Released: 2025

Lounge Relax No Stress Music

By Arnaldo DeSouteiro

Label: Irma Molto Jazz
Released: 2025

The Best Of Ithamara Koorax vol. 2

By Ithamara Koorax

Label: Irma Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1 Never Can Say Goodbye 2 Noite De Temporal 3 O Vento 4 O Vento (Parov Stelar Remix) 5 Pigmali?o 6 Toque De Cuica 7 Up Up And Away

Jadir de Castro

Born: March 26, 1927

Brazilian drummer, percussionist and composer. He mixed standard drumming with Afro-Brazilian percussion. Jadir de Castro lived in Europe for many years during the 1950s, and appears as an actor and musician on the French movie "And God Created Woman," starring Brigitte Bardot. 

He released several albums as a leader for RCA, Sideral, Barclay and other lanbels, and also worked extensively with Nora Ney, Dom Um Romão and Ithamara Koorax. His final solo album was produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro and engineered by Toninho Barbosa, featuring Azymuth's founder José Roberto Bertrami on keyboards, Jorge Pescara on bass, Dom Um Romão and Marcelo Salazar on additional percussion.
Born March 26, 1927 in Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
died July 14, 2015 in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Laura Dreyer: Dancing Through Time

by Katchie Cartwright
March 24, 2025

When something sparks her creativity, Laura Dreyer is the sort of person who jumps in with both feet and gets right down to business. A multi-hyphenate artist, saxophonist-flutist-composer-teacher-clinician, she has been serious about jazz since junior high school in El Cerrito, California, across the bay from San Francisco. “El Cerrito High had an award-winning--like state champion ...

Marcelo Salazar

This Is Hammock House

By Arnaldo DeSouteiro

Label: Irma Records
Released: 2023

Jazz Funk Instrumentals Vol. 3

By Arnaldo DeSouteiro

Label: Pyramide Records
Released: 2023