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. [1]
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.
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.
[edit] Discography
He recorded a solo album as a leader, Capoeira: Legendary Music of Brazil, (1998) on the Lyrichord label where he plays the majority of the instruments heard.
He has also appeared on at least one album for most of the years since 1972. Below is a table displaying all his appearances and instruments played:
| Year | Album | Artist | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 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, Snare drum |
| 1979 | 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 with 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, Vocals, Electric 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, Whistling, Whistle, 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 |
| 1994 | 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 | Various Artists | Percussion |
| 2006 | Impulse Story | Keith Jarrett | Percussion |
| 2006 | Milestone Profiles | McCoy Tyner | Percussion |
| 2006 | O Nosso Amor | Mark Weinstein | Percussion |
| Best of Keith Jarrett | Keith Jarrett | Percussion | |
| Mysterious Flying Orchestra | Mysterious Flying Orchestra | Percussion |
