Jorge Palma: Rodrigo Leão, Aldina Duarte and Tó Trips remember “free man”

O composer of “Life so strange” took Jorge Palma’s song as its starting point “We will continue”, in a message published on their social networks, like other musicians who met the composer of “Estarla do mar”, like Aldina Duarte and Tó Trips, all stressing the sense of freedom and rebellion of the poet of “Earth of Dreams”.

To Trips thanks Jorge Palme what your journey represents for “many generations, in music, in freedom, in attitude, always with a frank and true smile before life”, and culminates your message in “always!”

Aldina Duarte says that Jorge Palma owes “the rebellion hand in hand with love and freedom to be and be”, a reference established “long before” to meet the musician in life and on stage.

Jorge Palma “was the first of the first to call me ‘fadista-punk’ and to write a text on my album ‘Just Love’,” recalls Aldina Duarte. “Where he was always like this: only love”.

“ We were not close friends, but it was enough a meeting with Jorge Palma to inaugurate the word friend and from there was open the way to eternity ", continues. And he concludes: “The rarity of all this is that your art is even greater than all of us together, including the creator. Thank you, Jorge”.

The Voice of the Worker, who on Thursday will host at its headquarters, in Lisbon, the farewell of the musician, says that "today is a sad day for those who believe in 'Earth of Dreams'".

“Jorge was (is) one of ours”, reads in the statement of the association. “After his exile, during the fascist dictatorship, Palma participated in numerous Free Corners, especially in the Voice of the Workers, alongside his comrades like Zeca Afonso, José Mário Branco, Sérgio Godinho, Fausto and so many others”.

“ How proud we have been, so many times, the home of who, like Jorge Palma, never stopped believing in a world in which ‘everyone treats everyone equally’ and who has always been on the side of those who fight injustices’, continues The Voice of the Worker. “Its vast repertoire helped to underpin the lives of many generations and gave form, criticism and affection to our country. The loss is as great as sadness, but we will continue to sing it among friends and remind you in The Voice of the Worker”.

The São Luiz Teatro Municipal recalls “the talent of a bigger name of music and poetry that has accompanied us for several generations” and, “with affection”, the many times it passed through its stage, “among them the striking Solidarity Concert for Ukraine in 2022.

The reaction of the municipal theatre is complete with verses from the “Earth of Dreams” of Palma: “If you want to see the whole world at your height/ You have to look out without forgetting/ That inside is your place”.

The José Saramago Foundation, for its part, thanks Jorge Palma for his music, “for his words, for his life”. And remember how the musician was with the institution over his nearly 20 years, “always available, always present”, recalling some of these moments “on this sad day”, such as the concert in the 10 years of the foundation, his interview with Blimunda magazine and the latest concert Together By Gaza, in which he played “We will continue”.

The Portuguese Society of Authors laments the death of the musician, remembering his career, the awards, the albums, as well as “his cordiality and intense and unstoppable creativity”.

Actress Maria Rueff goes to 2002 to remember Jorge Palma’s contribution to “The Benfiquista’s album”, his comedy character Zé Manel Taxista, who brought together several musicians: “Palma was the first to accept the invitation. The honor you have given us, we will never forget, as we will not forget your tender, empathetic and pure sense of humor. For all the legacy and also for this, thank you Jorge Palma”.

The journalist Raquel Marinho, creator of the dissemination project “The poem teaches to fall”, for which interviewed the musician, writes on Facebook: “What Jorge Palma gave us is huge. Like many of the giants, it did not need to increase to show what it was made of.”.

Jorge Palma, one of the most striking singers and composers of Portuguese music, was born in Lisbon on June 4, 1950. He died Monday night at the age of 76.