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Don Um Romao, Brazilian drummer and percussionist, dies at 79

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Don Um Romao, legendary brazilian drummer and percussionist, with famous associations w. Cannonball Adderley, Flora Purim, Sérgio Mendes, Weather Report and many other cats, died yesterday, at 79, at his sisters home, in Rio de Janeiro.

David Benechis, jazz reviewer Rio de Janeiro, Brazil For complete jazz news in Brazil (portuguese language), visit www.cjub.com.br, the most celebrated forum of jazz journalists, reviewers and educators in the country, suc as luminaires like José Domingos Raffaelli, Luiz Orlando Carneiro, Luiz Carlos Antunes and Arlindo Coutinho, besides many others.

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