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Joseph S. Romano was born in Rochester, New York on April 17, 1932 and learned to play clarinet, alto and tenor saxophone as a child. Enlisting in the United States Air Force in the 1950s, then joined the band of Woody Herman in 1956, playing intermittently with Herman into the 1970s, including at major jazz festivals and on several worldwide tours.

In the 1960s, he played with Chuck Mangione, Sam Noto, and Art Pepper and was a recurring sideman on Buddy Rich’s albums between 1968 and 1974. During the Seventies he played with Les Brown, Louie Bellson, Chuck Israels, Sam Noto again, and with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra.

A move to California led him to session work in the 1980s. In addition, he worked with Frank Capp and Nat Pierce. He would later return to his hometown.

Saxophonist Joe Romano transitioned in Rochester on November 26, 2008, from lung cancer, at the age of 76.

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