Dom Um Romão

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 also recorded with varied notable artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Paul Simon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Ben, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, and Tony Bennett. He was the percussionist Tom Jobim brought to the studio for the album Jobim recorded with Frank Sinatra in 1967 for Reprise Records, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim.

He died in Rio de Janeiro shortly after suffering a stroke.

As leader

 * 1965 Dom Um (Phillips)
 * 1972 Dom Um Romão (Muse)
 * 1973 Spirit of the Times (Muse)
 * 1974 Braun-Blek-Blu (Happy Bird)
 * 1977 Hotmosphere (Pablo)
 * 1978 Om (ECM Records)
 * 1990 Samba de Rua (Vogue Records)
 * 1993 Saudades (Waterlilly)
 * 1999 Rhythm Traveller (Natasha)
 * 2001 Lake of Perseverance (Irma)
 * 2002 Nu Jazz meets Brazil (Cuadra)

As sideman
With Cannonball Adderley With Harry Belafonte With Jorge Ben With Blood, Sweat & Tears With Luiz Bonfa and Maria Toledo With Ron Carter With João Donato With Peter Giger and Family of Percussion With Astrud Gilberto With Astrud Gilberto and Stanley Turrentine With Vince Guaraldi With Antonio Carlos Jobim With Yusef Lateef With Herbie Mann With Sergio Mendes With Helen Merrill With Robert Palmer With Annette Peacock With Esther Phillips With Dory Previn With Wanda Sá With Frank Sinatra With Stanley Turrentine With Collin Walcott With Walter Wanderley With Weather Report
 * Cannonball's Bossa Nova (Riverside, 1962)
 * Turn the World Around (Columbia, 1977)
 * Samba Esquema Novo (Philips, 1963)
 * Mirror Image (Columbia, 1974)
 * Braziliana (Philips, 1965)
 * Yellow & Green (CTI, 1976)
 * A Bad Donato (Blue Thumb, 1970)
 * Mozambique Meets Europe (B&W music, 1992)
 * Look to the Rainbow (Verve, 1966)
 * Beach Samba (Verve, 1967)
 * Gilberto with Turrentine (CTI, 1971)
 * Alma-Ville (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, 1969)
 * The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim (Warner Bros., 1965)
 * A Certain Mr. Jobim (Warner Bros., 1967)
 * Wave (A&M, 1967)
 * The Doctor is In... and Out (Atlantic, 1976)
 * Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann (Atlantic, 1962)
 * Latin Fever (Atlantic, 1964)
 * Brazil: Once Again (Atlantic, 1977)
 * Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things (Atlantic, 1968)
 * Fool on the Hill (A&M, 1968)
 * Ye-Me-Lê (A&M, 1969)
 * Crystal Illusions (A&M, 1969)
 * Casa Forte (Trio, 1980)
 * Heavy Nova (EMI, 1988)
 * I'm the One (RCA Victor, 1972)
 * Esther Phillips Sings (Atlantic, 1966)
 * We're Children of Coincidence and Harpo Marx (Warner Bros., 1976)
 * Wanda Vagamente (RGE, 1964)
 * Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim (Reprise, 1967)
 * The Sugar Man (CTI, rec., 1971, rel. 1975)
 * Grazing Dreams (ECM, 1977)
 * Batucada (Verve, 1967)
 * Kee-Ka-Roo (Verve, 1967)
 * I Sing the Body Electric (Columbia, 1972)
 * Live in Tokyo (Columbia, 1972)
 * Sweetnighter (Columbia, 1973)
 * Mysterious Traveller (Columbia, 1974)