Romulo has been playing the guitar since an early age. He started with the acoustic guitar, adding the electric one year later. After some years of private study in Rio de Janeiro, his hometown, he won a schollarship to the Berklee College of Music, but decided to go to NYC instead of Boston. There, he studied with Rob Scheps and John Abercrombie, among others. Was a student of Joe Diorio. Attended workshops with Pat Metheny, Larry Carlton, Mike Stern, Frank Gambale, Joe Pass, Gil Evans, Michael Brecker, Chick Corea etc. He has been playing with some of the greatest Brazilian singers and musicians since the 80's.
                                                                                                                                                                          
Musical influences:
Jimi Hendrix. The Beatles. Bach, Mozart, Debussy, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Lennie Tristano, Django Reinhardt, Billie Holiday, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Jim Hall, Gil Evans, George Russell, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, David Liebman, Keith Jarrett, Lyle Mays, Brecker Brothers, George Duke, David Sanborn, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, BB King, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin, George Benson, Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Allan Holdsworth, Pat Martino, Howard Roberts, Joe Diorio, The Kinks, The Zombies, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Nick Drake, Frank Zappa, Gil Scott-Heron, Sly & The Family Stone, James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic, Roy Ayers, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Hiram Bullock, The Meters, Allen Toussaint, Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, C.S.N.&Young, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller, Kenny Garrett, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Buckshot LeFonque, Brian Blade, Lizz Wright, Anouar Brahem, Oumou Sangare, Ravi Shankar, Oregon, Ralph Towner, Ellioth Smith, Bjork, Radiohead, Blur, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Lenny Kravitz, Slash, Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Ben Harper, Tower of Power, Daniel Lanois, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Beck, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Sting, Steely Dan, Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, Arif Mardin, Spinetta, Fito Paez, Pixinguinha, Luiz Gonzaga, Jackson do Pandeiro, Tropicalia(Gil, Caetano, Gal, Tom Ze, Duprat, Lanny, Mutantes), Jacob do Bandolim, Novos Baianos, Chico Science e Nação Zumbi, Lenine, Dominguinhos, Hermeto Paschoal, Egberto Gismonti, João Gilberto, Paulinho da Viola, Moacir Santos, Airto Moreira, Azimuth, Eumir Deodato, Sergio Benevenuto, Tom Jobim, Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, Jorge Ben.


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