Romero Lubambo

Romero Lubambo (2006)

Romero Lubambo (born July 20, 1955 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz guitarist .

Live and act

Lubambo learned piano very early on. At the age of thirteen he switched to classical guitar. In 1978 he completed his studies at the Villa-Lobos Music School in his hometown. In 1980 he completed his engineering studies at Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro . In 1985 he moved to the USA, where he was in demand as a studio musician with Astrud Gilberto , Dianne Reeves , Michael Brecker , Al Jarreau , Kathleen Battle , Harry Belafonte , Grover Washington, Jr. , Luciana Souza , Sergio Assad, Ivan Lins , Dizzy Gillespie , Sadao Watanabe , Paquito D'Rivera , Yo-Yo Ma , Onaje Allan Gumbs ( Remember Their Innocence , 2005) and Ryan Truesdell ( Centennial - Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans ), but also in the groups of Herbie Mann , George Garzone , Dave Douglas , Wolfgang Lackerschmid , Maucha Adnet , Flora Purim and Airto Moreira played. Since 1990 he has presented himself on his own albums and has also appeared in duos , for example with David Chesky . With Duduka da Fonseca and Nilson Matta he formed the Trio da Paz , with whom he has released several albums since 1992.