Romero Lubambo

Brazil's Romero Lubambo is an acclaimed guitarist known for a highly individual approach in melding jazz and classical with Brazilian and Latin folk and pop traditions. This approach has made him a sought-after accompanist for female vocalists including Astrud Gilberto, Dianne Reeves, and Luciana Souza. His fluid fingerpicking style is rich in rhythmic invention and colorful, wide-ranging harmonies that emerge from an idiosyncratic yet lush sense of chromaticism. After emigrating to the U.S. in 1985 he established himself as a first-call sideman with Herbie Mann, Paquito D'Riv...