Michael Fitzgerald Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 Just read the news reported by a friend of his, that Brazilian percussionist Dom Um Romão died yesterday after having suffered a stroke on Sunday. His recorded career goes back to the early 1960s. He would have been 80 on August 3 - I was astonished to learn he was that old. I had the pleasure of playing alongside him once about 15 years ago. He played great drumset as well as percussion. Incredibly energetic. I guess he was only about 65 at the time. Something folks might not know is that he was married to Flora Purim back in the 1960s, before she married Airto Moreira. Haven't seen any official news reports yet. Mike Quote
Guy Berger Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 RIP... can't imagine those early and mid-period Weather Report without him. Guy Quote
Jim R Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 His recorded career goes back to the early 1960s. ← Cannonball Adderley 1962 Cannonball's Bossa Nova Riverside (Capitol) Eumir Deodato (Os Catedraticos) 1964 Impulso! Ubatuqui (Equipe) Eumir Deodato (Os Catedraticos) 1964 Tremendao Ubatuqui (Equipe) Wanda Sa 1964 Vagamente Bomba, Japan (RGE) Trio 3D 1964 Tema 3D RCA (Japan) J.T. Meirelles 1964 O Som / Meirelles E Os Copa 5 Dubas (Philips) Flora Purim 1964 Flora e M.P.M. BMG Brazil (RCA) Wanda Sa 1964 Vagamente Dubas (RGE) Dom Um Romao 1964 Dom Um Dubas (Philips) Eumir Deodato (Os Catedraticos) 1964, 1965 O Som Dos Catedraticos Ubatuqui (Equipe) Joao Donato 1965 The Piano Of Joao Donato (The New Sound Of Brazil) RCA (BMG Brazil) Marcos Valle 1965 O Compositor E O Cantor Odeon (Japan) Antonio Carlos Jobim 1965 to 1967 Composer Warner Brothers Walter Wanderley 1967 Batucada Verve (Japan) Antonio Carlos Jobim 1967 Wave A & M Stanley Turrentine 1971 Gilberto with Turrentine CTI Just searched my database. Wow, I didn't even realize he was on all these... He was a very busy guy in Brazil, right from the beginning. RIP Quote
GA Russell Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 Saddened to hear it. I saw him twice - in '68 with Brasil '66 and in '71 with Weather Report. Quote
CJ Shearn Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 his colorations on WR "Live in Tokyo" are amazing, inventive. I certainly hear the major influence he had on Airto. Quote
chris olivarez Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 I'm another one who didn't realize he was that old. Oh man what a drag. He was great!!!! I remember seeing him with Weather Report. He did a solo number that I thought was a major highlight of that evening's show. I've got a copy of his complete Muse Recordings and that thing is going to get played!!! RIP Dom. Quote
Free For All Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 I recently picked this side up for cheap, and have really enjoyed it. He was an amazing musician. And a cool lookin' dude for sure. RIP Quote
Joe G Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 He did have an intense look about him. Sorry I never got to see him in person. Quote
Big Al Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 Nothing much to add, but to agree with what JSngry said. RIP, and thanks for the good rhythms. Quote
mikeweil Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 R.I.P. His wild playing on two cuts of Herbie Mann's "Do The Bossa Nova" forever spolied me for all those bossa nova softies ..... He lived in Europe, too, for several years. Very imaginative percussionist and drummer. Airto learned quite a bit from him besides copping his wife .... Quote
Noj Posted July 28, 2005 Report Posted July 28, 2005 "Escravos De Jo" from Hotmosphere is a personal fave. RIP. Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted July 28, 2005 Author Report Posted July 28, 2005 Anyone for Portuguese? http://www.estadao.com.br/divirtase/musica...5/jul/27/57.htm ====================== Bossa Nova perde Dom Um Romão Um dos criadores da Bossa Nova instrumental em grupos como os de Sérgio Mendes e de J. T. Meirelles, percussionista morreu no Rio Rio de Janeiro - O percussionista Dom Um Romão, um dos criadores da Bossa Nova instrumental em grupos fundamentais como os de Sérgio Mendes e de J. T. Meirelles, morreu domingo no Rio, às vésperas de completar 80 anos. Segundo seu sobrinho, Marcus Vinícius, com quem morava, ele vinha sentindo um constante mal estar nos últimos meses, mas trabalhava normalmente, fazendo workshops e apresentações no Brasil e no exterior. "No domingo passado, estávamos no estúdio do pianista Ricardo Leão, preparando a segunda faixa de um disco para este ano, quando ele passou mal", contou Marcus Vinícius. O enterro foi realizado segunda-feira, no cemitério de Mesquita, cidade da Baixada Fluminense, onde ele tinha um estúdio em que passava boa parte de seu tempo. Dom Um (este era seu nome de batismo) nasceu no Rio em 3 de agosto de 1925 e nos anos 40 já tocava nos cabarés da Lapa. Na década seguinte, quando a vida noturna mudou-se para Copacabana, ele participava as noitadas no Beco das Garrafas, onde pontificava a Bossa Nova instrumental. Era alegre e brincalhão e logo fez amizade com Tom Jobim e Vinícius de Moraes, que o chamaram para gravar Canção do Amor Demais, disco de Elizeth Cardoso, com músicas da dupla, considerado o pioneiro da Bossa Nova. Nos anos 60, foi para os Estados Unidos, onde chegou a integrar o grupo Weather Report. Nos anos 90, ampliou suas temporadas no Brasil e voltou a gravar aqui, mas dividia-se entre St. Gallen (na Suíça francesa, sua base européia), Niterói, onde morava com o sobrinho Marcus Vinícius, e Mesquita. Costumava ir também à escola de percussão Maracatu Brasil, do baterista do Barão Vermelho, Guto Goffi. "Ele participava de nossas jams nas quintas-feiras, ficava no meio dos músicos e sempre contava histórias legais. Estava sempre alegre, numa boa", disse Guto. A cantora Itamara Koorax, que participou de seu último disco, Lake of Perseverance, de 2001, disse que ele era um grande companheiro de palcos e camarins. "Viajamos muito pelo Brasil e pelo mundo e ele era super-engraçado, bem-humorado. Vai fazer muita falta como músico e também por este lado", lamentou. "A gente estava combinando fazer uma grande festa para seus 80 anos. Sua morte nos deixa muito tristes." O baterista tinha um filho, Cleber, que vive nos Estados Unidos, e morava com a irmã, Leonides, o sobrinho, Marcus Vinícius, e dois sobrinhos netos, Enzo e Fabricio. Beatriz Coelho Silva Quote
baryshnikov Posted July 29, 2005 Report Posted July 29, 2005 What a great musician i love Doms tune, wait on the corner, ponteio killer, the stuff he did on muse. There is a big jazz gathering Sunday night all the old boys will be there we will play a few tunes in respect, paul london, rip Quote
mikeweil Posted July 29, 2005 Report Posted July 29, 2005 Wait On The Corner - I almost wore that one out back then, great street groove! Quote
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