Sons of Revolution

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“Júlio Resende has the profound ability to reinvent on the piano the deep and emotional music that characterizes Portugal,” says the world music magazine Songlines about the Portuguese pianist and composer. Júlio Resende’s fado jazz concept is a perfect example of how jazz has become a global language for free musical expression — a concept that has been fundamental to ACT since its creation more than 30 years ago. Júlio Resende dedicated his new album “Sons of Revolution” to the 1974 Carnation Revolution, which brought freedom to the Portuguese people and shaped its culture and society as they are today. The peaceful overthrow of the dictator Salazar not only paved the way for democracy, but also marked the end of the colonial wars in Mozambique and Angola.