Guilherme Franco

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Guilherme Franco born November 25th 1946 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is a percussionist in the jazz and World fusion music genres.

He has recorded on the albums of many jazz performers such as McCoy Tyner, Lonnie Liston Smith and Woody Shaw. He was a member of Keith Jarrett's "American Band" from 1974 to 1975 and Paul Winter's Paul Winter Consort in the 1980s.

He started a samba school and power samba group in NYC circa 1981 called Pe De Boi. A Brazilian slang term for a good musician, literally meaning, "foot of the bull".

As a result he began playing many gigs in the NYC underground scene of the 1980s with the likes of David Byrne and David Johansen among many others.

He recorded a solo album as a leader, Capoeira: Legendary Music of Brazil, (1998) on the Lyrichord label where he plays 98% of the instruments heard.

He has also appeared on at least one album a year since 1972. Below is a list citing all his appearances and instruments played:

1972  Cry of My People Archie Shepp  Percussion, Berimbau

1973  Golden Dreams Lonnie Liston Smith  Percussion

1973  Impulse Years 1973-1974 Keith Jarrett  Percussion

1974  Atlantis McCoy Tyner  Percussion

1974   Backhand Keith Jarrett  Percussion

1974  Black Love Carlos Garnett  Percussion

1974   Bridge into the New Age Azar Lawrence   Percussion

1974  Moontrane [Muse] Woody Shaw  Percussion

1974  Moontrane Woody Shaw  Percussion

1974  Sama Layuca McCoy Tyner  Percussion

1974   Treasure Island Keith Jarrett  Percussion

1975  Death and the Flower Keith Jarrett  Percussion

1975  Mysteries: Impulse Years 1975-1977 Keith Jarrett  Percussion

1975  Mysteries Keith Jarrett  Percussion

1975  Pinnacle Buster Williams  Percussion

1975  Shades Keith Jarrett  Percussion

1975  Speak to Loneliness Terumasa Hino  Percussion

1975   Summer Solstice Azar Lawrence   Drums

1976  Fly with the Wind McCoy Tyner  Tambourine

1976   Four Times Four McCoy Tyner   Percussion, Conga, Tabla

1976  Reflections of a Golden Dream Lonnie Liston Smith  Percussion

1977  Renaissance Lonnie Liston Smith  Percussion

1978  Greeting McCoy Tyner  Percussion, Conga, Berimbau

1978  Lenox Avenue Breakdown Arthur Blythe  Percussion

1978  Live at Carnegie Hall & Montreaux, Switzerland Teresa Brewer  Percussion, Latin American Rhythm

1978   Thundering David Schnitter   Percussion, Conga, Vocals

1979  Wintersong Paul Winter Consort  Flute, Drums, Drums (Snare)

1980   Best of Lonnie Liston Smith Lonnie Liston Smith   Percussion

1980   Swish Michael Brecker/Harris Simon Group   Percussion

1981   Para Los Amigos!! Gato Barbieri   Percussion

1982  Missa Gaia/Earth Mass Paul Winter  Percussion

1985  Concert for the Earth Paul Winter Consort w/ Susan Osborn  Percussion

1986  Living Music Collection '86 Various Artists  Percussion

1987   Balance C'est What?!  Berimbau, Cuica

1987  Oscar! Oscar Castro-Neves  Percussion

1988   Feeling of Jazz: Best of Impulse, Vol. 2 Various Artists  Percussion

1988  Wolf Eyes Paul Winter Consort  Percussion

1990  Earth: Voices of a Planet Paul Winter Consort  Drums, Surdo, Agogo

1990  So & So: Mukai Meets Gilberto Astrud Gilberto with S. Mukai  Percussion, Berimbau, Shaker

1991   Children of Ibeji Ivo Perelman  Percussion, Drums, VocalsElectric Berimbau

1991   Kele Mou Bana Don Pullen  Percussion, Timbales, Berimbau, Timba

1991   Live from El Salvador Various Artists   Drums

1991  Watercolors Lonnie Liston Smith  Percussion

1992  Anthems Paul Winter  Percussion

1992   Lunasea Lee Konitz with Peggy Stern   Percussion

1992  Passing Thoughts Tana/Reid  Percussion, Conga

1992  Sun Sun Casiopea  Percussion

1993  Be Bop or Be Dead Umar Bin Hassan  Percussion, Conga, Berimbau

1993   Caminhos Cruzados Larry Goldings  Tabla, Pandeiro, Agogo, Cuica, Ganza, Tamborim

1993  Ekstasis Nicky Skopelitis  Percussion, Conga, Sound Effects, Tambourine, Whistle (Human), Whistle(Instrument), Berimbau, Cuica, Cowbell

1993   Ode to Life Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Conne  Percussion, Berimbau, Timba

1993  Still Waters C'est What?!  Drums, Berimbau, Cuica

1994  Man of the Forest Ivo Perelman  Conga, Timbales, Bells, Pandeiro, Pandora, Cuica, Zabumba, Timba

1995   Dance of the Forest Rain Straight Ahead  Percussion, Conga

1995   Palmetto Sampler Various Artists  Berimbau

1996  Big Stuff Larry Goldings  Percussion

1996   Latin Jazz Experience Various Artists  Percussion

1996  Thank You, John! Our Tribute to John Coltrane Arkadia Jazz All-Stars  Drums

1996  Traveling On Ted Curson  Percussion

1997  Dark Journey Woody Shaw  Percussion

1997  Last of the Line Woody Shaw  Percussion

1997  Roots of Acid Jazz [GRP] Various Artists  Percussion, Conga

1998   Best of Don Pullen Don Pullen   Cymbals

1998  Capoeira: Legendary Music of Brazil Guilherme Franco  Conga, Triangle, Vocals, Berimbau, Pandeiro, Surdo, Performer, Agogo, Cuica, Ganza, Quinto, Soprano Berimbau, Tenor Berimbau

1998  Greatest Hits Paul Winter  Percussion

1998  Power Samba Band Pe de Boi  Percussion, Arranger, Vocals, Producer

1998  Priceless Jazz Keith Jarrett  Percussion

1999  Afro Blue [Blue Note] Various Artists  Percussion

1999  Another Blue T.K. Blue  Percussion

1999  Apparition John McKenna  Percussion

1999  Brazilian Watercolor Ivo Perelman  Percussion, Wood Flute

1999  Down Here Below Jeffery Smith  Percussion, Drums

1999  Future Jazz Howard Mandel  Percussion, Timba

1999  Three Flutes Up Chip Shelton  Percussion

2000  Givin' Away the Store, Vol. 2 Woody Shaw  Percussion

2000  Ichi-Ban Louis Hayes  Percussion

2000  Incontournables McCoy Tyner  Percussion

2000   New Mo Swing: The Ancient and Modern Moabites, Vol. 1 Napoleon Revels-Bey   Percussion

2001  Easy Living: Jazz Bossa Various Artists  Percussion

2001  Essential Thiago De Mello Thiago De Mello   Percussion

2001  It's About Love Various Artists  Percussion

2003  Flying Funk Various Artists  Percussion

2003  Plant the Seed Plant the Seed   Percussion

2004  It Doesn't Matter Lou Watson  Percussion

2005  African Spirits: A Spiritual Jazz Journey Looking Bac Various Artists  Percussion

2005  Hit the Rhodes, Jack Various Artists  Percussion

2006  Fort Yawuh/Death and the Flower Keith Jarrett  Percussion

2006  House That Trane Built: Story of Impulse Records [Box Various Artists  Percussion

2006  Impulse Story Keith Jarrett  Percussion

2006  Milestone Profiles [Milestone] McCoy Tyner  Percussion

2006  O Nosso Amor Mark Weinstein  Percussion

    Best of Keith Jarrett Keith Jarrett   Percussion

    Mysterious Flying Orchestra Mysterious Flying Orchestra   Percussion

-submitted by his son, Ame G. Franco

References

Guilherme has recently been hired by longtime friend, drummer and movie executive Richard Baratta to work in the motion picture industry in New York, which is great because there is little work for percussionists in NYC.

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