Aldo Romano


Aldo Romano is an Italian jazz drummer. He also founded a rock group in 1971.

Biography

He was born in Belluno, 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 Steve Lacy, and would go on to tour with Dexter Gordon among others. In the 1970s, he moved into rock-influenced forms of jazz fusion 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

As leader/co-leader

Divieto Di Santificazione with Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark Il Piacere Night Diary Alma Latina Ritual Eric Barret/Aldo Romano/Henri Texier To Be Ornette to Be Ten Tales with Joe Lovano Dreams & Waters Yesterday's Tomorrow with Ron McClure, John Abercrombie Non Dimenticar Prosodie Intervista Because of Bechet Threesome The Jazzpar Prize Corners Chante Flower Power Etat De Fait Just Jazz Complete Communion to Don Cherry Desireless Origine Inner Smile Plays the Connection Liberi Sumus Melodies En Noir & Blanc
  • ''La Belle Vie''

As sideman

With Gordon BeckSunbird
With Philip Catherine TrioTransparence
With Don CherryTogetherness Live at Cafe Montmartre 1966
With Paolo DamianiPoor Memory
With Michel GraillierDream Drops
With Franz Koglmann and Bill DixonOpium for Franz – recorded in 1976; 3 tracks reissued on Opium
With Rolf Kühn and Joachim KühnImpressions of New York
With Steve Kuhn, Miroslav VitousOceans in the Sky
With Steve LacyJazz Realities Disposability Sortie Epistophy
With Michel PetruccianiFlash Michel Petrucciani Estate Playground
With Enrico RavaEnrico Rava Quartet
With Louis Sclavis, Henri Texier, and Guy Le QuerrecCarnet de Routes Suite Africaine
  • ''African Flashback''