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Júlio Resende is a portuguese musician, pianist and composer. Born in Faro, he grew up in Olhão and it was there, amongst the fishermen and the sea, that he took the first steps of what would become his journey through the musical universe. He was the youngest portuguese lead musician to record a debut album for Clean Feed – AllAboutJazz considered it one of the top 5 Jazz labels in the world, with musicians such as Gerry Hemmingway, Tony Malaby, Mário Laginha and Bernardo Sassetti in their catalogue.

Still quite young, Júlio Resende has already recorded four published records, following a path which originated in Classical training, matured through Jazz and recently arrived at Fado, in a perfect blend that makes such a fusion of musical genres appear to be the most obvious of things.

Biography

Júlio Resende started playing at age four, a keyboard offered by his father, and become their favorite toy. With the piano in mind, Resende studied at the Conservatório, in Faro. He enjoyed Classical Music but soon discovered that he could not be satisfied with mere interpretations of musical scores with no room for improvisation. He then decided to explore his own musical freedom by taking up Jazz: "A musical language that would demand freedom. Jazz is not a genre, it is a way of thinking. In Jazz, I found a musical language that frees itself and demands the same from its musicians. The duel with the canons".

In 2001, Resende traded the Algarve for Lisbon where, besides studying Philosophy, he ventures into the world of the oldest Jazz club in Europe - the Hot Clube de Portugal. He participate in workshops that take him to work with the best masters of the Hot Club, the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, the Berklee College of Music, and Bill Evans Academy during the time he spent in Paris at the Université de St. Denis – Paris VIII studying Jazz. His intimate contact with the parisian jazz scene would also prove to be an inspiring and enriching learning experience for this Portuguese musician who now belongs to the world.

In 2006, he completes his Philosophy studies at the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

He currently teaches Jazz Piano at the Universidade de Aveiro for their Master's degree in Jazz Music.

"Tudo Isto é Fado" ("All This is Fado")

After recording his first three albums as a trio and a quartet, Resende has finally achieved the ultimate dream of a pianist: his first solo[1] album.

In October 2013, record label Valentim de Carvalho released Amália por Júlio Resende. This record presented a new challenge: to bring Fado to the piano; to sing melodies with the piano, instead of merely accompanying them; to express with a piano everything Fado stands for.

[1] In portuguese, the word "solo" also means "ground; soil".

A sublime work where he performs piano revisitations of some of the most outstanding fados once performed by the greatest portuguese music diva, Amália Rodrigues.

"In love with the freedom of music", Resende goes even further and risks an (Im)possible Duet with Amália, serving the diva's voice with his piano on the track Medo. 14 years after Amália Rodrigues' death, Júlio Resende's genius convinced Valentim de Carvalho and, for the first time in all history, a musician was allowed to play with the late diva's voice.

The result is an exhilarating record where the traditional and the modern dwell in harmony, Patrimony is preserved through inovation and Fado and saudade emerge from the depths of Jazz.

Musical Celebrations

Along his musical journey, Júlio Resende has been developing partnerships that allow him to celebrate his passion for the musical freedom that defines him. From Jazz to Fado, he has succesfully collaborated with distinguished portuguese artists such as Maria João, Aldina Duarte, Elisa Rodrigues, Hélder Moutinho, António Zambujo, Ana Moura, Cristina Branco, Cuca Roseta and Marco Rodrigues. On the international jazz scene, he has collaborated with renowned New York bassist Matt Penman; Perico Sambeat, one of the greatest Spanish saxophone players of all time; John Hebert, Carlos Bica, Ole Morten Vogan and Will Vinson, among others.

Discography

2007 - Da Alma (Quartet) - Clean Feed/ Trem Azul

2009 - Assim falava Jazzatustra (Quartet) - Clean Feed/ Trem Azul

2011 - You Taste Like a Song (Trio) - Clean Feed/ Trem Azul

2013 - Amália por Júlio Resende (Solo) Valentim de Carvalho

Participations

Carlos Martins - Água - 2008

Jorge Moniz - Deambulações - 2009

Elisa Rodrigues - Heart Mouth Dialogues - 2011

Maria João | Ogre - Electrodoméstico - 2012

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