Joe Romano

A fine bop-based soloist, Joe Romano has long been underrated. He had several stints with Woody Herman's orchestra from 1956 until the early 1970s. Romano recorded early on with baritone horn player Gus Mancuso (1957), worked with Chuck Mangione's Jazz Brothers in the early '60s and was with Sam Noto for a period (1966-67). Romano had an on-and-off musical relationship with the Buddy Rich Big Band ...more