Music maintains its ability to connect people and performers across genres and the latest album from pianist and composer Júlio Resende - Sons of Revolution - really brings to life the concept of Fado Jazz.
Fado music is fundamental to the Portugese culture and this melding with jazz brings a beautiful, lyrical quality in this very free musical expression.
Sons of Revolution is dedicated to the Carnation Revolution of 1974, which brought freedom to Portuguese People and shaped their culture and society as it is today. A little-known part of European history, this event brought about democracy with the peaceful overthrow of dictator Salazar and marked the end of colonial wars in Mozambique and Angola.
"Without the revolution, I wouldn't even exist," says Júlio Resende. "My father is from Angola, he emigrated to Portugal after the revolution, and met my mother. The freedom to express myself is one of the dearest things to me, and jazz is the music that enables that the most – without any borders or restrictions."
Resende brings together Alexandre Frazão (bass), André Rosinha (drums), and Bruno Chaveiro (guitarra portuguesa) as well as a guest appearance from 2017 Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral on the ballad A Casa Dela / Her House.
Albums with a concept behind them can lose sight of the musicality, but this is absolutely not the case with Resende’s blend of Fado and jazz in Sons of Revolution. These 11 tracks are gorgeous, folk-like tunes that take the free musical expression for which both Resende and ACT records have become synonymous.
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