Aldo Romano
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Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
drummer. He also started a rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
group in 1971.
Biography
He moved to France as a child and by the 1950s he was playing guitar and drums professionally in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, but his career gained notice when he started working with Don Cherry
Don Cherry (jazz)
Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...
in 1963. He recorded with Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone....
and would go on to tour with Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor . He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the tenor saxophone...
among others. In the 1970s he moved into rock-influenced forms of jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
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. He also played a role in starting the career of French-born Italian-French pianist Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist.-Biography:...
. In 2004 he won the Jazzpar Prize
Jazzpar Prize
The Jazzpar Prize was an annual Danish prize within jazz founded by Arnvid Meyer. The winner was chosen from five nominees, among internationally recognized performers of jazz. The award used to be 200,000 Danish crowns and a bronze statue by Jørgen Haugen Sørensen...
.
As leader
- Il Piacere, 1979
- Alma Latina, 1983
- Ten Tales, 1989
- Corners, 1998
- Carnet de Routes, 2000 (with Louis SclavisLouis SclavisLouis Sclavis is a French jazz musician. He performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano saxophone in a variety of contexts, including jazz and free jazz...
and Henri TexierHenri TexierHenri Texier, born , is a French jazz double bassist born in Paris.He is perhaps best-known for his 1960s work with Don Cherry and for his 1980s band the "Transatlantik Quartet", which featured Joe Lovano, Steve Swallow and Aldo Romano...
) - Intervista, 2001
- Palatino, 2001
- Chante, 2006 (with Carla BruniCarla BruniCarla Bruni-Sarkozy is an Italian-French songwriter, singer, actress, and former model...
) - Flower Power, 2007
- Etat de fait, 2007
- Just Jazz, 2008
- Because of Bechet' ', 2009
As sideman
With Gordon BeckGordon Beck
Gordon James Beck was an English jazz pianist.Beck was born in Brixton, London, and attended Pinner County Grammar School . He studied piano in his youth, but decided to go into a career as an engineering technical draughtsman...
- SunbirdSunbird (album)Sunbird is a studio album by pianist Gordon Beck, released in 1979 through JMS–Cream Records. This was the first time Beck worked with guitarist Allan Holdsworth, which led to two collaborative albums...
(JMS-Cream, 1979)
With Rolf Kühn
Rolf Kühn
Rolf Kühn . is a jazz clarinetist and saxophonist.He lived in the United States from 1956–59 and drew favourable reviews, for example a comparison with Benny Goodman by John H. Hammond....
and Joachim Kühn
Joachim Kühn
-Biography:Kühn was a musical prodigy and made his debut as a concert pianist, having studied classical piano and composition with Arthur Schmidt-Elsey. Influenced by his elder brother, clarinetist Rolf Kühn, he simultaneously got interested in jazz. In 1961 he became a professional jazz musician....
- Impressions of New YorkImpressions of New YorkImpressions of New York is an album by German jazz clarinetist Rolf Kühn and his brother, pianist Joachim Kühn, featuring performances recorded in 1967 for the Impulse! label.-Reception:...
(Impulse!, 1967)
With Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy , born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was a jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone....
- Jazz RealitiesJazz Realities-Track listing:# "Doctor" - 7:45# "Oni Puladi" - 5:25# "J.S." - 3:35# "Walking Batterie Woman" - 6:18# "Closer" - 5:30# "Communications No.7" - 9:34-Personnel:*Carla Bley - piano...
(Fontana, 1966) with Carla BleyCarla BleyCarla Bley, née Borg, is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and band leader. An important figure in the Free Jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera Escalator Over The Hill , as well as a book of compositions that have been performed by many other...
and Michael MantlerMichael MantlerMichael Mantler is a composer and trumpeter in new jazz and contemporary music.-Career: United States:Mantler was born in Vienna, Austria... - DisposabilityDisposabilityDisposability is the fifth album by Steve Lacy and was released on the Italian RCA label in 1966. It features three tunes written by Thelonious Monk, one by Cecil Taylor, one by Carla Bley and four by Lacy performed by Lacy, Aldo Romano and Kent Carter....
(RCA [Italy], 1966) - SortieSortie (album)Sortie is the sixth album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and was recorded in Italy in 1966 and released on the GTA label. It features six tunes written by Lacy and performed by Lacy, Enrico Rava, Aldo Romano and Kent Carter.-Track listing:...
(GTA, 1966) - Epistophy (BYG, 1969)
With Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani
Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist.-Biography:...
- EstateEstate (album)Estate is a jazz album by Michel Petrucciani.The album was recorded in the Forum Recording Studio, Rome during the spring of 1982. The title is the Italian word for "summer", pronounced .-Track listing:# "Pasolini" – 5:26...
(IRD, 1982) - Playground (Blue Note, 1991)
With Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava
Enrico Rava , is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably one of the best known Italian jazz musicians. He originally played trombone, changing to the trumpet after hearing Miles Davis. His first commercial work was as a member of Gato Barbieri's Italian quintet in the mid-1960s; in the late 1960s...
- Enrico Rava QuartetEnrico Rava QuartetEnrico Rava Quartet is an album by Italian jazz trumpeter and composer Enrico Rava recorded in 1978 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1978)
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