# Guilherme Franco

Guilherme Franco (November 25, 1946 – November 12, 2016, in São Paulo, Brazil) was a percussionist in the jazz and world fusion music genres.
Franco performed on the albums of many notable jazz musicians such as McCoy Tyner, Lonnie Liston Smith, Don Pullen and Woody Shaw. Between 1971 and 1976 he was an occasional additional member of Keith Jarrett's "American Quartet", and was also a member of Paul Winter's Consort.
In 1981 he started a samba school in New York City and a power samba group 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 New York City underground scene of the 1980s with the likes of David Byrne and David Johansen among many others.
He was said to practice music 14 hours a day.
Franco suffered a stroke in March 2015 and was cared for at the Hospital Arnaldo Pezzuti Cavalcanti in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo where he died in November 2016.

## Discography

In 1998 he recorded the solo album Capoeira: Legendary Music of Brazil, on the Lyrichord record label, on which album he plays most of the instruments.
He appeared on at least one album a year in most years after 1972, as shown in the table below.
| Year | Album | Artist | Instrument |
| 1972 | The Cry of My People | Archie Shepp | Percussion, Berimbau |
| 1974 | Atlantis | McCoy Tyner | Percussion |
| 1974 | Back Hand | Keith Jarrett | Percussion |
| 1974 | Black Love | Carlos Garnett | Percussion |
| 1974 | Bridge into the New Age | Azar Lawrence | Percussion |
| 1974 | The 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 | New Agenda | Elvin Jones | Percussion |
| 1975 | Love Dance | Woody Shaw | Percussion |
| 1975 | Mysteries | 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 | Ichi-Ban | Louis Hayes-Junior Cook Quintet | Percussion |
| 1976 | Focal Point | McCoy Tyner | Percussion, conga, Tabla |
| 1976 | Reflections of a Golden Dream | Lonnie Liston Smith | Percussion |
| 1977 | Mysterious Flying Orchestra | Bob Thiele | Percussion |
| 1977 | Renaissance | Lonnie Liston Smith | Percussion |
| 1978 | The 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 |
| 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 |
| 1987 | Balance | C'est What?! | Berimbau, Cuica |
| 1987 | Oscar! | Oscar Castro-Neves | 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 |
| 1992 | Children Of Ibeji | Ivo Perelman | Percussion, drums, electric berimbau |
| 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 |
| 1996 | Big Stuff | Larry Goldings | 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 |
| 1998 | Capoeira: Legendary Music of Brazil | Guilherme Franco | Conga, Triangle, Vocals, Berimbau, Pandeiro, Surdo, Performer, Agogo, Cuica, Ganza, Quinto, Soprano Berimbau, Tenor Berimbau |
| 1998 | Power Samba Band | Pe de Boi | Percussion, Arranger, Vocals, Producer |
| 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 |