Joe Romano

Joseph S. "Joe" Romano (April 17, 1932, Rochester, New York - November 26, 2008, Rochester) was an American jazz saxophonist. Romano learned to play clarinet and alto and tenor sax as a child.He enlisted in the United States Air Force in the 1950s, then joined the band of Woody Herman in 1956; he played intermittently with Herman into the 1970s, including at major jazz festivals and on several worldwide tours.In the 1960s he also played with Chuck Mangione, Sam Noto, and Art Pepper; he was a recurring sideman on Buddy Rich's albums between 1968 and 1974.In the 1970s he played with Les Brown, Louie Bellson, Chuck Israels, Sam Noto again, and with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra.He did session work in California in the 1980s, in addition to working with Frank Capp and Nat Pierce.