Jorge Palma
Jorge Manuel de Abreu Palma (born June 4, 1950 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese songwriter and rock musician.
Life
He started playing the piano at the age of six. At the age of 13 he took second place in a youth music competition in Palma . In 1964 he turned away from classical music and devoted himself to pop / rock . He learned to play the guitar on his own initiative, and in 1967 he played for the first time in a band , the Black Boys , which consisted of musicians mainly from Santarém and who tried to make a living from their music in the Algarve . In 1969 he became part of the group Sindikato (also Sindicato ), which initially played hard rock , but then increasingly turned to jazz rock . They appeared at the first edition of the Festival de Vilar de Mouros in 1971 , and until they broke up they recorded a single and an album with covers .
Palma recorded his first own record in 1972 with the single The Nine Billion Names Of God . In the same year he broke off his engineering studies at the University of Lisbon , which he had started in 1969, and went on a journey through Canada , the USA , and the Caribbean . In 1973, after taking lessons at Ary dos Santos to improve his lyrics, Palma released his first Portuguese-language single, A Última Canção (English: The Last Song).
In order to avoid being drafted into the military and deployed in the Portuguese colonial war , Palma went to Copenhagen in 1973 with his first wife Gisela Branco , where he worked as an assistant in the local Sheraton Hotel . After the Carnation Revolution in 1974 he went back to Portugal, where he increasingly worked as a songwriter and arranger for other musicians. a. for Amália Rodrigues . In 1975 his first album Com Uma Viagem na Palma da Mão was released (German: With a journey on the palm of your hand). After his second album in 1977 ( ´Té Já , German: See you soon ), he first went on tour in Brazil with Paco Bandeira as an accompanying musician, and then traveled to Spain, where he made his living as a street musician , in Marbella and Barcelona , but also in Ibiza and in Palma de Mallorca.
He spent most of 1978 and 79 in Paris , again as a street musician, before going back to Lisbon in 1979 and recording his third album there. After another stay in Paris in 1980, with his second wife Graça Lamy, he came back to Lisbon in 1982 to record a new album.
In 1983 his first son Vicente was born. With his next album O Lado Errado da Noite (Eng: The Wrong Side of the Night), he first received more attention in Portugal. In 1986 he completed his piano studies at the National Conservatory (today Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema or Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa ) and recorded his seventh album. A number of other publications followed, in addition to works for the theater. In the 1990s he mainly performed new interpretations of his own pieces. He became popular in the country's music scene through numerous concerts. He was accompanied at times by musicians from Xutos & Pontapés (Kalú and Zé Pedro) and Rádio Macau (Alex and Flak) as Palma's gang , with whom he released a live album in 1993. Various new solo albums followed, and he has since been widely recognized as a well-known name in rock music in Portugal.
reception
Palma is known in Portugal for its music and independent lifestyle away from all trends. He gained attention and recognition from the music scene. Projects like Palma's Gang are also related to this .
With his album Voo Nocturno (Eng .: night flight), which stayed in the Portuguese sales charts for 46 weeks, he reached the top of the national hit parade for the first time in 2004
His position as a now widely recognized musician and songwriter in the Portuguese musical landscape was underlined by his role as the fictional Jorge Palma in the 2016 film Refrigerantes e Canções de Amor .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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 PT
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| 2007 | Voo nocturno |
PT1 (46 weeks) PT |
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| 2011 | Com todo o respeito |
PT2 (9 weeks) PT |
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| 2015 | Juntos - Ao vivo no Theatro Circo |
PT7 (26 weeks) PT |
with Sérgio Godinho
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| 2017 | So ao vivo |
PT9 (9 weeks) PT |
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| 2019 | So |
PT24 (4 weeks) PT |
More studio albums
- 1975: Com Uma Viagem na Palma da Mão
- 1977: 'Té Já
- 1979: Qualquer Coisa Pá Música
- 1982: Acto Contínuo
- 1984: Asas e Penas
- 1985: O Lado Errado da Noite
- 1986: Quarto Minguante
- 1989: Bairro do Amor
- 1991: Só
- 1993: Ao vivo no Johnny Guitar (Palma´s Gang)
- 2001: É Prohibido Fumar
- 2004: Norte
- 2009: Jorge Palma (CD + comic from the series BD Pop-Rock Português)
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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PT
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| 2008 | Voo nocturno ao vivo |
PT18 (2 weeks) PT |
More live albums
- 2002: No Tempo dos Assassinos
Compilations
- 2000: Dá-me lume
Singles and EPs
- 1972: The Nine Billion Names of God
- 1973: A Última Canção
- 1975: O Pecado Capital (with Fernando Girão )
- 1975: Viagem
- 1985: Deixa-me Rir
- 2001: Dormia tão sossegada
- 2004: Valsa de um homem carente
- 2007: Encosta-te a Mim
- 2011: Página em Branco
bibliography
- Jorge Palma: Na Terra dos Sonhos. Quasi Edições, Vila Nova de Famalicão 2005, ISBN 978-989-5520879 (lyrics)
- Pedro Teixeira: Na Palma da Mão - Jorge Palma Biografia Oficial. Prime Books, S. João do Estoril 2008, ISBN 978-989-6550073
swell
- ↑ www.jorgepalma.pt ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 2, 2012
- ^ Salwa Castelo-Branco: Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no século XX, L – P. Temas e Debates, Lisbon 2010, page 962ff ( ISBN 978-989-644-108-1 )
- ↑ www.portuguesecharts.com , accessed September 2, 2012
- ↑ a b Chart sources: PT
Web links
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Palma, Jorge |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | de Abreu Palma, Jorge Manuel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese singer, composer and guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4th 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lisbon , Portugal |