Pianist, Composer, Producer Júlio Resende was born June 10, 1982, in Faro, Algarve region, Portugal, although he spent his childhood in neighboring Olhão.
Júlio Resende is best known as a pioneer of a distinctive new genre called “Fado-Jazz”. His improvisation techniques incorporate various musical genres, including jazz, fado, classical music and even electronic music.
Resende’s first venture into the Fado-Jazz genre was the Amália Rodrigues tribute album. The album, tityled “Amália por Júlio Resende” was released in 2013. Consequently, he released additional albums where he explored the possibilities of Fado-Jazz.
Since 2019, Júlio Resende has undertaken an artistic partnership with pianist Maria João Pires in a project that unites the worlds of classical music and improvisation, which the pianists have called: “Maria João Pires & Júlio Resende – Dialogues”.
Júlio Resende has also worked as a soundtrack composer for the Netflix Spanish-language film Elisa y Marcela (2019), directed by Isabel Coixet and for the HBO series Foodie Love (2019) from the same director.
In 2020, Resende released “Júlio Resende – Fado Jazz Ensemble”. The album included the Portuguese guitar, interacting musically with a jazz trio.
German jazz label ACT Music released the album “Fado Jazz” in 2022.
In addition to his musical career, Resende also has a degree in Philosophy, having studied at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
(headline image: Júlio Resende – Photo by Hugo Silva, courtesy of ACT)
Discography:
Da Alma (Clean Feed, 2007)
Assim falava Jazzatustra (Clean Feed, 2009)
You Taste Like a Song (Clean Feed, 2011)
Amália por Júlio Resende (Edições Valentim de Carvalho, 2013)
Fado & Further (Edições Valentim de Carvalho, 2015)
Poesia Homónima Por Júlio Resende e Júlio Machado Vaz: Poemas de Eugénio de Andrade e Gonçalo M. Tavares (2016)
Alexander Search, with his Alexander Search rock band (2017)
Cinderella Cyborg (Sony Music, 2018)
Júlio Resende – Fado Jazz Ensemble (Sony Music, 2020)
Fado Jazz (ACT, 2022)
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.