Jorge Palma

At Just The Age Of Six Jorge Palma Learnt To Play The Piano And To Read. When He Was Eight Years Old He Performed His First Piano Audition In The Portuguese National Conservatory. In 1963 Aging 13 Palma Finished Second In A Musical Contest In Majorca Spain. At The Same Time He Continued His Studies First At The Camões High School And Next At A School In Abrantes. The Next Year 1964 Marked A Turning Point In Palma's Musical Style After Leaving His Classical Influences He Started To Play Rock'n'roll And Taught Himself To Play Guitar. In 1969 He Joined The Hard Rock Band Sindikato While Continuing His Studies In The Faculty Of Sciences At The University Of Lisbon. Being In The Band Gave Him The Opportunity To Play In The Very First Edition Of The Vilar De Mouros Festival In 1971. In That Same Year Aided By Some Friends Such As Rão Kyao João Maló Rui Cardoso And Vítor Mamede He Began To Write Lyrics And Compose Songs And In The End He Recorded With Sindikato An Album With A Single And An Album Of Covers. In Order To Avoid Conscription And The Portuguese Colonial War In Portugal's Overseas Territories In Africa Jorge Palma Dropped Out Of University And Went To Denmark With His Wife Gisela Brande Where He Lived From 1973 To 1974 As A Political Refugee. In Denmark He Got A Job At A Hotel And Presented Some Of His Musical Works Through Radio Broadcast. After The Carnation Revolution On 25 April 1974 In Lisbon Jorge Palma Returned Home
Jorge Palma's Solo Career Started With The Release Of The Single The Nine Billion Names Of God With Lyrics In English Language. After That He Spent Some Time Improving His Writing Skills In Portuguese Language With The Famous Poet José Carlos Ary Dos Santos. His First LP Named Com Uma Viagem Na Palma Da Mão Was Released In 1975. In 1977 He Released His Second Album Té Já Album That Made Him Play Abroad In Spain And Brazil. Palma Spent The Following Years 1978 And 1979 In France Mainly In Paris Where He Performed In Several Bars Playing Songs Of Some Major Names Of The Musical Panorama Such As Bob Dylan Leonard Cohen Paul Simon Crosby Stills & Nash And Others. After Returning To Portugal In 1979 Palma Recorded And Released His 3rd Album Named Qualquer Coisa Pá Música Followed By Live Concerts Alone Or With The Group O Bando. In The Early 1980s He Travelled To Paris Only Returning In 1982 In Order To Finish The Record Of His 4th Album Acto Contínuo Album That Was First Meant To Be A Live Album But Due To Some Difficulties Was Recorded In Studio. In 1983 When Palma Was About To Restart His Musical Studies Which He Would Finish In 1986 His First Son Vicente Palma Was Born. In The Next Year Palma Recorded His 5th Album Asas E Penas Where He Included A Song Dedicated To Vicente Named Castor Beaver . In That Same Year He Performed In Portugal France And Italy Sometimes Playing In The Streets. In 1985 Palma Released One Of The Most Acclaimed Albums Of His Career Named O Lado Errado Da Noite The Album Included The Single Deixa-Me Rir Which Became A Huge Success. The Album Received Several Musical Awards And Many Music Critics Called It "the Right Side Of Jorge Palma" The Album Name Is Translated From Portuguese As "the Wrong Side Of The Night" . After Releasing The Album Palma Made A Major Tournee Azores And Madeira. In 1986 Palma Finished His Piano Course And Recorded The Seventh Album Quarto Minguante Which Was Marked By The Recording Company's Will Of Changing Palma's Musical Style A Thing He Refused read less