Guilherme Franco


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Brazilian percussionist and drummer, born 25 November 1946 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Died on November 12, 2016 in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil.
Was a member of groups led by McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett, Don Pullen, Lonnie Liston Smith, Azar Lawrence as well as of the Amazon big band led by Thiago de Mello.
Also recorded with Carlos Franzetti, Archie Shepp, Elvin Jones, Buster Williams and many others.

ALBUMS


Ivo Perelman With Matthew Shipp, Rashied Ali, Guilherme Franco, Cyro Baptista
Brazilian Watercolour
1999, ,
Free Jazz
Guilherme Franco
Capoeira: Legendary Music Of Brazil
1998, CD, Album, Lyrichord,
Louis Hayes, Junior Cook, Woody Shaw, Ronnie Mathews, Stafford James, Guilherme Franco
Ichi-Ban
1976, ,
Hard Bop
Alphonse Mouzon Together With: Carlos Garnett, Terumasa Hino, Otis McClary, Joe Bonner, Guilherme Franco, John Lee
Alphonse Mouzon
,
Soul-Jazz/Fusion
Pé De Boi Power Samba Group*
Made In New York
,
Samba
Spirit of Life Ensemble
Live Au Duc!
2003, 2xCD, Album, Cristal Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Funk/Afro-Cuban Jazz
Spirit of Life Ensemble
Collage
1998, CD, Album, Rise Up Productions/Records,
Pé De Boi
Power Samba Band
1989, ,
Samba
Saheb Sarbib And His Multinational Big Band
Aisha
1981, LP, Album, Cadence Jazz Records, ,
Free Jazz
Saheb Sarbib And His Multinational Big Band
Live At The Public Theater
1981, LP, Album, Cadence Jazz Records, ,
Free Jazz/Afrobeat/Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band
Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes
Reflections Of A Golden Dream
1976, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Funk
McCoy Tyner Quintet
Paris Bossa
1991, ,
Post Bop/Modal
McCoy Tyner Sextet
Vienna 1980
CDr, Unofficial, Jazztime (3), Jazztime (3),

APPEARANCES +


Sthomia
Black Velvet
2020, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Sthomia Self-released), ,
Post-Punk/Goth Rock/Industrial
Keith Jarrett
3 Essential Albums
2019, 3xCD, Album, RE + Comp, Impulse!, Universal Music Group, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Gato Barbieri
En Vivo En Argentina (1991)
2019, CD, Album, BlueArt Records,
Arthur Blythe
Four Arthur Blythe Albums On Two Discs - Lenox Avenue Breakdown / In The Tradition / Illusions / Blythe Spirit
2016, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Keith Jarrett
Death And The Flower / Backhand
2015, CD, Comp, RM, Impulse!, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Keith Jarrett
Fort Yawuh / Treasure Island
2015, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + Comp, Impulse!, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Archie Shepp
Things Have Got To Change / The Cry Of My People
2015, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Big Band/Soul-Jazz
Zé Eduardo Nazario
Poema Da Gota Serena E Outros Poemas
2015, ,
Jazz-Rock/Experimental/Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Keith Jarrett
The Platinum Collection
2014, 3xCD, Comp, Impulse!, Universal Music Group,
Lee Konitz
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
2011, 5xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Black Saint, Soul Note,
McCoy Tyner
Impression
2011, CD, Comp, Concord Records, ,
Free Jazz
Keith Jarrett
Mysteries / Shades
2011, ,
Modal/Free Improvisation
Robin Kenyatta
Stompin' At The Savoy
2008, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Funk
Carlos Franzetti
Grafitti
2007, ,
Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Latin Jazz
Various
The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records
2006, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Free Jazz
Various
Hit The Rhodes, Jack
2005, ,
Soul-Jazz/Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Funk
Thiago De Mello
The Essential Thiago De Mello
2000, CD, Comp, RM, Bomba Records (4), JSR, ,
Samba/Contemporary Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz
Various
Jazz Cooks
2000, CD, Comp, S/Edition, Enja Records,
Woody Shaw
Solid (Moontrane & Imagination & Solid)
1999, 2xCD, Comp, Camden Deluxe, BMG,
T.K. Blue
Another Blue
1999, CD, Album, Arkadia Jazz, ,
Post Bop/Bop
Jeffery Smith
Down Here Below
1999, ,
Vocal/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Ballad/Samba/Bossa Nova/Bop
Ivo Perelman
Aquarela Do Brazil
1999
John McKenna
Apparition
1998, CD, Album, IGMOD
Danilo Perez
The Collected
1998, CD, Comp, RE, RCA Victor
Keith Jarrett
Priceless Jazz Collection
1998
Ted Curson
Traveling On
1997, CD, Album, RE, Evidence (5),
Nova Bossa Nova
Jazz Influence
1997, CD, Album, Arkadia Jazz,
Don Pullen
The Best Of Don Pullen - The Blue Note Years
1997, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop/Free Jazz
Keith Jarrett
The Impulse Years, 1973-1974
1997, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Arkadia Jazz All-Stars
Thank You John: Our Tribute To John Coltrane
1997, ,
Bop/Post Bop/Modal
Various
Latin Jazz Experience Part 2
1996, LP, Comp, pHo Records, pHo Records, ,
Latin Jazz
Various
The Roots Of Acid Jazz
1996, ,
Jazz-Funk
Larry Goldings
Big Stuff
1996
Keith Jarrett
Mysteries - The Impulse Years, 1975-1976
1996, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Christian Laurella
Congas / Bongos
1995, CD, Album, ID Music (4), ,
Technical/Education/Audiobook
Various
Deep Jazz Trip
1995
Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Connection
Live ... Again (Live At Montreux)
1995, ,
Latin Jazz
Axiom Funk
Funkcronomicon
1995, ,
Reggae/Conscious/P.Funk/Electric Blues/Funk Metal/Cut-up/DJ/Funk
Various
Jazz Funk Revival
1995, ,
Jazz-Funk
Ivo Perelman
Man Of The Forest
1994, CD, Album, GM Recordings, Inc.
Tisziji Muñoz
Hearing Voices
1994, CD, Anami Music, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Danilo Perez
The Journey
1994
João Bosco
João Bosco
1994, ,
Bossanova
Larry Goldings
Caminhos Cruzados
1994, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz
Various
You Can Fly
1993, CD, Comp, Milestone Records, Fantasy Records, Prestige, ,
Jazz-Funk/Fusion
Nicky Skopelitis
Ekstasis
1993, ,
Fusion/Acid Rock/Dub
Umar Bin Hassan
Be Bop Or Be Dead
1993, ,
Conscious
Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Connection
Ode To Life (A Tribute To George Adams)
1993, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz
Various
Afro Blue
1993, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Lee Konitz, Peggy Stern
Lunasea
1992, CD, Album, Soul Note
Tokyo Faces
Tokyo Faces
1992, CD, Album, Hoshizora Records, Warner Bros. Records, ,
New Jack Swing/Rhythm & Blues/AOR/Bolero/Cabaret/Samba/Latin Pop/New Wave
Paul Winter
Anthems (Ten Years Of Living Music)
1992, ,
New Age/Modern Classical/Ambient/Smooth Jazz
Ivo Perelman
Children Of Ibeji
1992, ,
Free Jazz
Don Pullen
Kele Mou Bana
1992, ,
Contemporary Jazz
TanaReid
Passing Thoughts
1992
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
1991, ,
Latin Jazz/Fusion
Lonnie Liston Smith
Watercolors
1991
Paul Winter
Earth: Voices Of A Planet
1990, ,
New Age/Contemporary Jazz
Paul Winter
Wolf Eyes
1988, ,
New Age/Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Tisziji Muñoz
Visiting This Planet
1988
John Shaw
The Water Gypsies
1987, LP, Aisha Records
Anatole*
Time Flies
1987
Oscar Castro-Neves With Members Of The Paul Winter Consort*
Oscar!
1987
Gato Barbieri
Apasionado
1987
C'est What?!
Balance
1987
Frederic Dard & His Orchestra, D.J.プラット*, ペ・デ・ボイ*
Around The World = アラウンド・ザ・ワールド (世界一周)
1986, ,
Easy Listening/Funk/Samba/Fusion
Paul Winter
Wintersong (Tomorrow Is My Dancing Day)
1986, ,
New Age/Folk/Contemporary Jazz
Keith Jarrett
Los Pianistas
1986
Pe' De Boi*
Jet Samba
1985, LP, Promo, Japan Air Lines
Masaru Imada
Morning Dream
1985, CD, Comp, Polydor, ,
Fusion
The Paul Winter Consort*
Concert For The Earth
1985, ,
New Age/Smooth Jazz/Ballad
D.J. Pratt*, Pé De Boi
Samba Fusion Flight No. 064
1985
Masaru Imada
Memory
1984, CD, Comp, Polydor, ,
Fusion
Gato Barbieri
Gato... Para Los Amigos!! / Live At Lincoln Center
1984
Various
História Da Música Popular Brasileira - João Do Vale
1983, LP, Comp, Gat, Abril Cultural, ,
Baião/Bossanova/MPB
Masaru Imada
A Day In The Paradise
1983, ,
Fusion/Latin Jazz
Shigeharu Mukai + Astrud Gilberto
So & So: Mukai Meets Gilberto
1983
Gato Barbieri
Bahia
1982, ,
Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz
Paul Winter
Missa Gaia / Earth Mass
1982, ,
New Age/Neo-Classical/Neofolk
Dave Schnitter*
Glowing
1981, ,
Hard Bop
Keith Jarrett
Great Moments With Keith Jarrett
1981, ,
Post Bop
McCoy Tyner
Horizon
1980, ,
Modal/Post Bop
Fabiano Orchestra
Butterfly Island
1980, ,
Fusion
Harris Simon Group
Swish
1980, ,
Soul-Jazz/Fusion
Arthur Blythe
Lenox Avenue Breakdown
1979, ,
Post Bop/Avant-garde Jazz
Louis Hayes, Junior Cook Featuring Woody Shaw
Ichi-Ban
1979
David Schnitter
Thundering
1979
McCoy Tyner
The Greeting
1978, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Lonnie Liston Smith
The Best Of Lonnie Liston Smith
1978
Idris Muhammad
You Ain't No Friend Of Mine!
1978
Keith Jarrett
Best Of Keith Jarrett
1978
Carlos Garnett
The New Love
1978
McCoy Tyner
Divine
1977, 2xLP, Comp, Milestone (4),
The Mysterious Flying Orchestra
The Mysterious Flying Orchestra
1977, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Funk
McCoy Tyner
Inner Voices
1977, ,
Fusion/Modal
McCoy Tyner
McCoy
1977, ,
Free Jazz/Modal
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
1976, LP, Comp, ABC Impulse!,
McCoy Tyner
Focal Point
1976, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Groove Holmes*
I'm In The Mood For Love
1976, ,
Jazz-Funk/Disco
Woody Shaw
Love Dance
1976
McCoy Tyner
Fly With The Wind
1976
Keith Jarrett
Shades
1976
Grupo Folklorico Y Experimental Nuevayorquino
Lo Dice Todo
1976, ,
Afro-Cuban/Charanga/Salsa/Latin Jazz
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes*
Renaissance
1976, ,
Space-Age/Jazz-Funk
Mikio Masuda
Mickey's Mouth
1976, ,
Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Fusion
Keith Jarrett
Mysteries
1976
Buster Williams
Pinnacle
1975
Keith Jarrett
Death And The Flower
1975
Keith Jarrett
Backhand
1975
Various
Piano Giants Vol. 1
1975,
Mac Coy Tyner Quintet* / Stan Getz Quartet
Jazz Jamboree 74 Vol. 2
1975, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Elvin Jones
New Agenda
1975, ,
Jazz-Funk/Modal/Latin Jazz
Terumasa Hino
Speak To Loneliness
1975, ,
Post Bop/Fusion
Azar Lawrence
Summer Solstice
1975, ,
Fusion/Post Bop/Latin Jazz
McCoy Tyner
Atlantis
1975, ,
Post Bop
Woody Shaw
The Moontrane
1975
Keith Jarrett
Treasure Island
1974
Azar Lawrence
Bridge Into The New Age
1974, ,
Fusion
McCoy Tyner
Sama Layuca
1974, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop
Carlos Garnett
Black Love
1974
Archie Shepp
The Cry Of My People
1973, ,
Free Jazz/Big Band
Tim Maia
Tim Maia
1970
Ginga Trio
Plenitude
1965
Various
A Música Brasileira Por Seus Autores E Intérpretes 7
Box, Comp + 13xCD, Selo SESC SP, ,
MPB/Samba/Samba-Canção/Choro/Bossanova/Marcha Carnavalesca/Interview
Various
A Música Brasileira Por Seus Autores E Intérpretes 2
Box, Comp + 13xCD, Selo SESC SP, ,
MPB/Samba/Samba-Canção/Choro/Bossanova/Marcha Carnavalesca/Interview
Various
A Música Brasileira Por Seus Autores E Intérpretes 6
Box, Comp + 12xCD, Selo SESC SP
Various
A Música Brasileira Por Seus Autores E Intérpretes 4
Box, Comp + 12xCD, Selo SESC SP
McCoy Tyner
Live In Tokyo 1975
2024, CDr, RM, Unofficial, After-Hours Products (2)
Keith Jarrett
Berliner Jazztage 1973
2022, CD, Unofficial, Iac Music Japan, Hi Hat
Keith Jarrett
Death And The Flower