Artist: Aldo Romano
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
Oceans in the Sky
Year: 2006
Tracks: 10
Ten Tales
Year: 2003
Tracks: 11
Although born in Italy, Aldo Romano touched to France with his family at a young age. He was already playacting guitar and drums professionally in Paris in the '50s when he heard Donald Byrd's chemical group with drummer Arthur Taylor. Since then, he has consecrate himself to the drums and present-day malarky. In Paris jazz clubs like le Chat Qui Pêche and the Caméléon, Romano has accompanied visiting Americans like Jackie McLean, Bud Powell, Lucky Thompson, J.J. Johnson, and Woody Shaw patch as well exploring disembarrass music with Don Cherry and Gato Barbieri, Frank Wright and Bobby Few, Michel Portal, François Tusques, Jean-Louis Chautemps, and Steve Lacy. Romano's limitless peculiarity for whatsoever surviving euphony brought him in contact with electric jazz in the '70s, playing at the Riverbop with longtime associate/bassist Jean-François Jenny-Clark, in summation to François Jeanneau, Henri Texier, Charlie Mariano, and Philip Catherine. In 1978, he released his first gear album as a loss leader with Claude Barthélémy (Il Piacere, OWL), followed by 1980's Night Diary with Didier Lockwood and Jasper Van't Hof, and 1983's Alma Latina with Philip Catherine. In 1980, Romano brought pianist Michel Petrucciani to the world's attention, introducing him to the manufacturer of Owl Records. His Italian roots were fondly remembered with the foundation of his Italian Quartet with Paolo Fresu, Franco D'Andrea, and Furio Di Castri. The four recorded To Be Ornette to Be and Water Dreams (Owl) and Non Dimenticar, a collection of Italian songs (Vitality). Palatino -- named for the Rome-Paris night prepare -- likewise includes Fresu, with Glen Ferris on trombone. Intervista (Vitality, 2001) -- with bassist Palle Danielsson, saxophonist Stefano di Battista, and Brazilian guitarist Nelson Veras -- is a gorgeously played overview of his musical life history, with Ornette Coleman-ish tunes, Latin-American compositions, and operatic arias; a bonus CD contains a charming interview.
