Aldo Romano (born 16 January 1941) is an Italian jazz drummer. He also founded a rock group in 1971.

Biography

He was born in

Belluno Belluno (; lld, Belum; vec, Belùn) is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomites region ...

, Italy. Romano moved to France as a child and by the 1950s he was playing guitar and drums professionally in Paris, but he first gained attention when he started working with Don Cherry in 1963. He recorded with

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, and would go on to tour with Dexter Gordon among others. In the 1970s, he moved into rock-influenced forms of

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, ...

and, in 1978, made his first album as a leader. In the 1980s, he returned to his earlier style for several albums. Although he has lived most of his life in France, he has retained an affection for Italy and has set up a quartet of Italian jazz musicians. Romano also played a role in starting the career of French pianist, Michel Petrucciani. In 2004 he won the Jazzpar Prize.

Discography

* ''Divieto Di Santificazione'' with Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark (Horo, 1977) * ''Il Piacere'' (Owl, 1979) * ''Night Diary'' (Owl, 1980) * ''Alma Latina'' (Owl, 1983) * ''Ritual'' (Owl, 1988) * ''Eric Barret/Aldo Romano/Henri Texier'' (Carlyne Music, 1988) * ''To Be Ornette to Be'' (Owl, 1989) * ''

Ten Tales ''Ten Tales'' is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano and French jazz drummer Aldo Romano Aldo Romano (born 16 January 1941) is an Italian jazz drummer. He also founded a rock group in 1971. Biography He was born in Belluno ...

'' with Joe Lovano (Owl 1990) * ''Dreams & Waters'' (Owl, 1991) * ''Yesterday's Tomorrow'' with Ron McClure, John Abercrombie (European Music Productions, 1991) * ''Non Dimenticar'' (PolyGram, 1993) * ''Prosodie'' (Verve, 1995) * ''Intervista'' (Verve, 1997) * ''Because of Bechet'' (EmArcy/Universal 2002) * ''Threesome'' (Universal 2004) * ''The Jazzpar Prize'' (Enja 2004) * ''Corners'' (Label Bleu 2005) * ''Chante'' (Dreyfus 2005) * ''Flower Power'' (Naive, 2006) * ''Etat De Fait'' (Dreyfus, 2007) * ''Just Jazz'' (Dreyfus, 2008) * ''Complete Communion to Don Cherry'' (Dreyfus, 2010) * ''Desireless'' (Musica, 2010) * ''Origine'' (Dreyfus 2010) * ''Inner Smile'' (Dreyfuss, 2011) * ''Plays the Connection'' (Dreyfus, 2013) * ''Liberi Sumus'' (Le Triton, 2014) * ''Melodies En Noir & Blanc'' (Le Triton, 2017) * ''La Belle Vie'' (Sunset, 2019)

As sideman

With Gordon Beck * '' Sunbird'' (JMS-Cream, 1979) With Don Cherry * '' Togetherness'' ( Durium, 1965) * ''

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'' (3 volumes) (ESP-Disk, 1966) With Paolo Damiani * ''Poor Memory'' (Splasc(h), 1987) With Michel Graillier * ''Dream Drops'' (Owl, 1982) With Philip Catherine Trio * ''Transparence'' (1986) With Rolf Kühn and Joachim Kühn * '' Impressions of New York'' (

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, 1967) With

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Jazz Realities ''Jazz Realities'' is an album by Carla Bley, Michael Mantler and Steve Lacy with Kent Carter and Aldo Romano. The album was released on the Fontana label in 1966.Fontana Fontana may refer to: Places Italy *Fontana Liri, comune in the Province of Frosinone *Fontanafredda, comune in the Province of Pordenone *Fontanarosa, comune in the Province of Avellino *Francavilla Fontana, comune in the Province of Brindisi * ...

, 1966) * ''

Disposability ''Disposability'' is the fifth album by Steve Lacy and was released on the Italian RCA label in 1966 featuring three tunes written by Thelonious Monk, one by Cecil Taylor, one by Carla Bley and four by Lacy performed by Lacy, Aldo Romano and Ken ...

'' (RCA taly 1966) * ''

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'' (GTA, 1966) * '' Epistophy'' (

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, 1969) With Michel Petrucciani * ''Flash'' (Bingow, 1980) * ''Michel Petrucciani'' (Owl, 1981) * ''

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'' (IRD, 1982) * ''

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'' ( Blue Note, 1991) With Enrico Rava * ''

Enrico Rava Quartet ''Enrico Rava Quartet'' is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.

'' (ECM, 1978) With

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, Miroslav Vitous * ''Oceans in the Sky'' (Owl, 1990) With Louis Sclavis, Henri Texier, and Guy Le Querrec * ''Carnet de Routes'' (Label Bleu, 1995) * ''Suite Africaine'' (Label Bleu, 1999) * ''African Flashback'' (Label Bleu, 2005)

References

External links

* AllMusic {{DEFAULTSORT:Romano, Aldo 1941 births Living people Italian emigrants to France Italian jazz drummers Male drummers Enja Records artists Male jazz musicians Label Bleu artists PolyGram artists Naïve Records artists Verve Records artists