Guilherme Franco

Who is Guilherme Franco?

Guilherme Franco was born November 25, 1946 in São Paulo, Brazil. He is a percussionist in the jazz and World fusion music genres.

Guilherme Franco has recorded on the albums of many jazz performers such as McCoy Tyner, Lonnie Liston Smith, Don Pullen and Woody Shaw. He was a member of Keith Jarrett's "American Band" and Paul Winter's Paul Winter Consort.

In 1981 Franco started a samba school in NYC and a power samba group called "Pe De Boi". As a result he began playing many gigs in the NYC underground scene of the 1980s with the likes of David Byrne and David Johansen among many others. Franco has also been employed by longtime friend, drummer and cinema executive Richard Baratta to work in the film industry in New York.

Guilherme Franco currently resides in São Paulo, Brasil. He is said to practice music 14 hours a day.