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Romero Lubambo

In 1985, Romero Lubambo came to the United States, and brought with him a new sound in Brazilian jazz guitar.

Romero's guitar playing unites the styles and rhythms of his native Brazilian musical heritage with his fluency in the American jazz tradition to form a distinctive new sound.

From the cool, sophisticated rhythms of his native Brazil to hard bop, Romero is a guitarist who's comfortable in any musical setting. He is an uncommonly gifted soloist and musical improviser with a steady stream of unpredictably creative musical thoughts and the virtuosity to deliver them.

After arriving in New York City, Romero quickly established himself as a "first call" session and touring guitarist who was in demand not only for his authentic Brazilian sound, but also for his command with a variety of styles.

Lubambo has performed and recorded with many outstanding artists, including Dianne Reeves, Michael Brecker, Yo-Yo Ma, Kathleen Battle, Diana Krall, Herbie Mann, Wynton Marsalis, Gal Costa, Kurt Elling, Kenny Barron, Luciana Souza, Cyro Baptista, Sergio and Odair Assad, Ivan Lins, Grover Washington Jr., Vernon Reid, Flora Purim and Airto, Paquito D'Rivera, Harry Belafonte, Larry Coryell, Gato Barbieri, Leny Andrade, James Carter, Paula Robison, Dave Weckl, Jason Miles, and Cesar Camargo Mariano... among many others.

He has also established himself as a composer and performer on his own critically acclaimed recording projects as well as on those of Trio Da Paz, a Brazilian jazz trio Lubambo formed with Nilson Matta and Duduka da Fonseca.

Lubambo is considered by critics to be "the best practitioner of his craft in the world today... the guitarist's facility, creativity and energy are in a class all their own."

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Album Review

Glenn Zottola, Romero Lubambo, Pamela Driggs: Summer Samba

Read "Summer Samba" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


2023 news reports and events acknowledged and celebrated 50 Years Of Hip-Hop. While noteworthy, it is doubtful that hip hop classics such as “Get Ur Freak On," “Sucker M.C.'s and “Nuthin' But a G Thang" will ever find themselves in the Great American Songbook. The genre simply cannot compare with the vast extent of musical influence emanating from that 1960s period in which Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, et al, took the popular and jazz worlds by storm ...

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Claudia Villela: Cartas ao Vento

Read "Cartas ao Vento" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Cartas ao Vento marks a return and a departure for Claudia Villela. Born in Rio, she moved to jny:Santa Cruz in 1984, where she has remained. Years later, this is her first album made in Brazil. Villela has gained recognition in California and beyond as an intrepid improviser with a beautiful voice who creates captivating live shows. With Cartas ao Vento, she changes direction, focusing on composing. “I wanted everything to be part of the song," she explains, “to get ...

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Trio Da Paz: 30

Read "Trio Da Paz: 30" reviewed by Howard Mandel


Only very special collaborations last 30 years, and rarely do they become more exciting and together over the decades. Trio da Paz, however, is one such long-lasting and still lightning band. The team of drummer Duduka Da Fonseca, guitarist Romero Lubambo and bassist Nilson Matta, all Brasilian jazzmen of New York City, is just as dashing today as when the three first met in 1985. So 30 , their seventh album, wastes no time glancing back. Rather, Trio ...

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Glenn Zottola & Chick Corea: The Legend & I

Read "The Legend & I" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


With his untimely passing in February 2021, accolades emanated worldwide from musicians, critics and fans about multi-Grammy winner Chick Corea. What was less known then is the fact that Corea and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Glen Zottola were not only longtime close pals, but frequently interacted musically. The Legend & I is an artistic culmination of that friendship and professional relationship. And, as might be expected from artists of this caliber, the result is spectacular. The album offers a ...

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Glenn Zottola & Chick Corea: The Legend & I

Read "The Legend & I" reviewed by Edward Blanco


There have been several musical tributes to the late great Armando Anthony “Chick" Corea since his untimely passing in February, 2021, mostly from fellow musicians. However, The Legend and I is an intimate musical portrait from LA multi-instrumentalist Glenn Zottola who just happened to be one of Corea's best long-time personal friends. As Zottola affirms “He was my best friend and is dearly missed, but I know he will continue to create as that was his relentless purpose in life." ...

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Trio Da Paz: 30

Read "30" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Time really does fly when you're having fun. Just ask Trio da Paz. Guitarist Romero Lubambo, bassist Nilson Matta, and drummer Duduka Da Fonseca are celebrating three decades of togetherness with the aptly-titled 30. It's a collection of music that, like the best of their work, finds them merging the sounds of Brazil with the attitude of The Big Apple, creating Brazilian jazz that finds the perfect balance between the two poles in that genre's name. Past ...

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Romero Lubambo: Setembro

Read "Setembro" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Meno celebrato di quanto dovrebbe, Romero Lubambo è uno dei grandi chitarristi brasiliani contemporanei e questo suo terzo album per la Sunnyside ce lo ricorda. Dopo il duo col pianista/compositore César Camargo Mariano (Duo, 2012) e l'esplorazione del grande songbook brasiliano che ha ottenuto 5 stelle in Down Beat (Só: Brazilian Essence, 2013), Lubambo torna a interpretare in solitudine noti standard del jazz e della musica brasiliana accanto a tre temi di sua composizione. Il ...

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Aimée Allen: New CD with Romero Lubambo - Release Gig at Cutting Room on June 16

Aimée Allen: New CD with Romero Lubambo - Release Gig at  Cutting Room on June 16

Source: Scott Thompson Public Relations

Aimée Allen New CD “Matter of Time" with Special Guest Romero Lubambo CD Release Gig: June 16, 2015 The Cutting Room Aimée Allen Upcoming Dates Friday, May 15, 2015, 8:00pm Café du Soleil 2723 Broadway New York, NY 10025 Thursday, May 21, 2015, 6:00pm Aimée Allen / François Moutin Duo La Caye 35 LaFayette Ave Brooklyn, NY 11217 Friday, May 22, 2015, 6:00pm

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Jazz This Week: Zappa Plays Zappa, Chris Potter Trio, Peter Martin and Romero Lubambo, George Lewis and Marina Rosenfeld, and More

Jazz This Week: Zappa Plays Zappa, Chris Potter Trio, Peter Martin and Romero Lubambo, George Lewis and Marina Rosenfeld, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

It's another busy weekend for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, and with two of the week's headliners in town for performances this evening, there's no time to waste. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the Frank Zappa repertory group Zappa Plays Zappa, led by FZ's younger, guitar-playing son Dweezil Zappa, returns to St. Louis play at The Pageant. In case you're keeping track, this will be ZPZ's fourth stop at that particular venue since the band was formed in ...

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Peter Martin, Romero Lubambo to Play Thursday, December 13 at the Sheldon

Peter Martin, Romero Lubambo to Play Thursday, December 13 at the Sheldon

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Having recently completed a commissioned composition celebrating the Sheldon Concert Hall's 100th anniversary, pianist Peter Martin now is set to return to the Sheldon for another performance in his eponymous concert series when he teams once again with guitarist Romero Lubambo (pictured) for a show at 8 p.m., Thursday, December 13. Lubambo, a native of Brazil who's now based in NYC, has worked with Martin in singer Dianne Reeves' band and has played with many other jazz and Brazilian performers, ...

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Jazz This Week: Pat Martino, Romero Lubambo and Peter Martin, Tatsuya Nakatani, Barb Jungr, New Music Circle Showcase, and More

Jazz This Week: Pat Martino, Romero Lubambo and Peter Martin, Tatsuya Nakatani, Barb Jungr, New Music Circle Showcase, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

It's a busy time for jazz and creative music over the next few days in St. Louis, with events in styles ranging from soulful mainstream swing to adventurous free improv, plus holiday music, a tribute to a fallen Beatle, and lots more besides. Let's go to the highlights: Perhaps the best known musician visiting our town this week is guitarist Pat Martino, who plays tonight through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Martino is an acknowledged master of the classic ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Romero Lubambo Sampler

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Romero Lubambo Sampler

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

As noted in this space last week, a number of fine jazz guitarists have visited St. Louis this fall, and the mini-trend will continue next week with Pat Martino returning to Jazz at the Bistro for a four night stand. In addition, the Brazilian guitarist Romero Lubambo is coming to town next Saturday, December 4 to perform at the Sheldon with Peter Martin as part of the pianist's eponymous concert series. Lubambo, born ...

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Romero Lubambo, Peter Martin to Perform December 4 at the Sheldon

Romero Lubambo, Peter Martin to Perform December 4 at the Sheldon

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Pianist Peter Martin today announced another performance in his Peter Martin Music series at the Sheldon Concert Hall: a duo show with guitarist Romero Lubambo (pictured) on Saturday, December 4. Lubambo, who's originally from Brazil, came to the USA in the mid-1980s and has made numerous recordings as a leader, sideman, and member of Trio de Paz, which recently released a CD on the St. Louis based label MAXJAZZ. He's played with many well-known jazz musicians and singers, including Herbie ...

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Recording

Jackie Ryan Set to Release "Doozy" Featuring Cyrus Chestnut, Eric Alexander, Romero Lubambo, Jeremy Pelt

Jackie Ryan Set to Release "Doozy" Featuring Cyrus Chestnut, Eric Alexander, Romero Lubambo, Jeremy Pelt

Source: DL Media

DOOZY- A DOUBLE CD BOUNTY OF RARITIES, STANDARDS, BOSSA NOVA, BLUES JACKIE RYAN WITH CYRUS CHESTNUT, ERIC ALEXANDER, JEREMY PELT, ROMERO LUBAMBO IMPECCABLE WEST COAST JAZZ SINGER, PRAISED BY CRITICS AND FANS INTERNATIONALLY, SINGS HER FAVORITES WITH JAZZ ALL-STARS, CREATING TWO CLUB SETS FOR A TWO-CD ALBUM Jackie Ryan -- a note-perfect jazz singer with a naturally dramatic, beguiling and swinging sense of style and groove -- delivers a sweeping program of original vocalese, freshly interpreted familiar tunes, bittersweet Brazilian ...

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Hendrik Meurkens & Amazon River W/ Special Guest Romero Lubambo at the Jazz Standard Tue, Nov 8th

Hendrik Meurkens & Amazon River  W/ Special Guest Romero Lubambo at the Jazz Standard Tue, Nov 8th

Source: All About Jazz

October 6, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] HENDRIK MEURKENS & AMAZON RIVER w/ special guest ROMERO LUBAMBO Hendrik Meurkens - harmonica Romero Lubambo - guitar Helio Alves - piano Gustavo Amarante - bass Adriano Santos - drums, perc plus Pedro Ramos - cavaquinho Zé Mauricio - percussion. Tuesday, November 8th Jazz Standard 116 East 27th Street New York, New York 10016 212-576-2232 http://www.jazzstandard.net Sets at 7:30 & 9:30 Tickets $20, No Minimum The ...

"Guitarist Romero Lubambo may be the best practitioner of his craft in the world today... [his] facility, creativity and energy are in a class all their own." —Jazziz magazine

"Lubambo, one of Brazilian jazz's premier fingerstylists, is the main attraction... brilliant, rhythmically inventive single-note playing." —David R. Adler, All Music magazine

"Guitarist Romero Lubambo is a masterful guitarist who writes seductive songs." —Thomas Conrad, JazzTimes magazine

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Cartas ao Vento

Taina Music
2023

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Summer Samba

Audioverse Music
2023

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The Legend & I

Self Produced
2022

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30

Zoho Music
2016

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Setembro

Sunnyside Records
2015

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So Brazilian Essence

Sunnyside Records
2014

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