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Da Romeo was born in Charleroi, Belgium, the youngest of a family of thirteen children, from which several were musicians. From the very beginning, he was immersed in music.
His first instrument was guitar, which he learned himself with the help of his brother, Pep. When Da Romeo was nine, he formed his first band with Pep. It was around that time that he discovered Miles Davis, Coltrane and Weather Report music.
When he came across Jaco Pastorius, Mark King and Marcus Miller, Da Romeo fell in love with the bass. As the attachment grew, he traded his guitar for bass and has never give it up since.
In 1996, Da Romeo formed his own band and recorded a Live concert in one of Belgium's most famous jazz club, "The Sounds Jazz Club". And so the album is called "LIVE AT THE SOUNDS AND MORE".
Eric Legnini invited him to Paris, to be part of the group "Electric Six" with Paco Sery, Flavio Boltro, Stefano Di Battista, and Jean-Pierre Taïeb. Soon after, he played in PACO SERY's band, who introduced him to Eddy Louiss, whom he later accompanied.
In 2001, Da Romeo recorded with DJ Cam (Soulshine), surrounded by guests like Larry Blackmont (Cameo), Guru (Jazzmatazz), China and others.
He has also played and recorded with numerous other pop and jazz artists such as Eddy Louiss, James Brown, Mino Cinelu, Fred Wesley, Mike Stern, Junior Jack ,Malia,Kayna Samet,Filet Of soul,Manu Katché,Toots Thielemans and many others
He has played in several festivals including Jazz at Nice and the Montreux Jazz festival and has played in the following well-known clubs such as, the Chat Noir (Geniva), Sunset, New Morning (Paris), Athanor Studio, Sounds jazz club (Bruxelles) to name a few.
Da Romeo presents his new album in which he plays BASS OF COURSE BUT ALSO PLAYS DRUMS ,GUITARS AND KEYBORDS.This album also includes the participation of a singer Onika Henderson and a rappeur Wolf. In addition, great musicians such as Flavio Boltro, Rosario Giuliani, Mike Stern, , Toots Thielemans, Eric Legnini , Cyril Bugnon,DJ Grazzhoppa and many others have given their talent.
PRODUCED , COMPOSED AND ARRANGED BY DA ROMEO
