Classically trained Romero Lubambo comes from a long tradition of Brazilian guitar music... He studied formally in the 1970s and entered into the world of professional music. The following decade found Lubambo entering into the upper heights of the jazz and MPB worlds, both as a bandleader and accompanist. In addition to his solo work and with Trio Da Paz, Lubambo has toured or recorded with luminaries such as Leny Andrade, Gato Barbieri, Astrud Gilberto, Diana Krall, Ivan Lins, Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, and many, many others. Here's a quick look at his work...
Romero Lubambo & Rildo Hora "Autonomia" (Visom Records, 1990)
Romero Lubambo & Raphael Rabello "Shades Of Rio" (Chesky Records, 1993)
Romero Lubambo & Gil Goldstein "Infinite Love" (Big World Records, 1993)
Romero Lubambo & Weber Drummond "Face To Face" (GSP Records, 1993)
Romero Lubambo & Weber Drummond "Two" (Chesky Records, 1994)
Romero Lubambo & Leny Andrade "Coisa Fina" (Perfil Records, 1994)
A nice mellow set, jazz vocalist Leny Andrade with simple acoustic backing from guitarist Romero Lubambo... His fretwork is nimble and light, with a sweetness and delicacy that's quite pleasant to the ear... It often seems that Andrade's jazz background has left her more accustomed to stronger, more forceful arrangements, and at times she seems in danger of simply singing past Lubambo's accompaniment. But for the most part this is quite nice; it's both soft and emphatic, and runs through a wide range of material, from old samba cancao and classic bossa to the sleek MPB of Djavan and other moderns... Worth a spin!
Romero Lubambo & Mauro Sinise "Paraty" (Perfil Musical, 1997)
Romero Lubambo "Lubambo" (Avant Records, 1999)
A surprisingly tame, rather disappointing, release for a John Zorn-related artist. Yes, this fellow's Brazilian, and he's been at the center of much of the Brazilian-related New York scene -- playing on albums by Marisa Monte and the like -- but this album is fairly standard-issue jazz-and-flamenco inflected classical guitar, closer to Andres Segovia than to Baden Powell, or even to Luiz Bonfa. He's a flashy, talented guitarist, and the music is beautiful, but there aren't any new ideas here.
Romero Lubambo & Brazilian Nights "Rio Wave" (Q Records, 2002)
Romero Lubambo "Rio De Janerio Underground" (441 Records, 2003)
Romero Lubambo & Cesar Camargo Mariano "Duo" (Sunnyside Records, 2003)
Romero Lubambo "Softly" (Max Jazz Records, 2006)
Romero Lubambo "Love Dance" (JVC Records-Japan, 2007)
Romero Lubambo & Leny Andrade "Lua Do Arpoador" (Biscoito Fino, 2006)
Romero Lubambo "So: Brazilian Essence" (Sunnyside Records, 2014)
Romero Lubambo "Setembro: A Brazilian Under The Jazz Influence" (Sunnyside Records, 2015)
Romero Lubambo & Mauro Senise "Tudo Sentimento" (Fina Flor Records, 2016)
Romero Lubambo, Edu Lobo & Mauro Senise "Dos Navegantes" (Biscoito Fino, 2017)
Romero Lubambo & Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto "Por Causa De Voce" (Adventure Music, 2018)
Romero Lubambo, Edu Lobo & Mauro Senise "Quase Memória" (Biscoito Fino, 2019)
Romero Lubambo & Peter Martin "Rio Meets New Orleans: Live From Tokyo (Cotton Club)" (Open Studio Records, 2019)
Romero Lubambo "Live At Dizzy's" (Sunnyside Records, 2021)
Romero Lubambo & Chico Pinheiro "Two Brothers" (Sunnyside Records, 2023)
Romero Lubambo, Cristovao Bastos & Mauro Senise – "Lembrando Garoto" (Biscoito Fino, 2024)
